Amid row over NEET-UG paper leaks, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday said that the state government would bring in a stringent law to curb exam paper leaks. The new law will be passed by the assembly in the upcoming monsoon session of the state legislature, Chaudhary said.
The CBI has made its first arrests in the alleged NEET-UG paper leak case, apprehending two men from Bihar on Wednesday. Aspirants who paid large sums were allegedly given the question paper and answer sheets a day before the medical entrance exam on May 5
“Following the direction of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state government is going to introduce a stringent law to check cases of question paper leaks in Bihar,” he told PTI.
The monsoon session of the Bihar assembly and state legislative council will be held from July 22 to July 26, spanning five sittings.
“The central government has already notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which aims to prevent unfair means in public examinations and common entrance tests held across the country. Now, the Bihar government has also decided to bring a law, which will curb paper leaks and malpractices in recruitment examinations,” the deputy CM said.
On the CBI probe into the NEET-UG paper leaks, he said, “The investigation is underway… no one will be spared.” The arrested accused were produced before a special court in Patna on Thursday, which sent them to judicial custody, officials said, adding the CBI will now seek the duo’s remand to quiz them.
The eastern state was also recently rocked by the Bihar Public Service Commission’s Teachers Recruitment Exam (TRE)-3 paper leak case.
With inputs from agencies.
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NEET-UG row: Bihar govt to bring stringent law to curb exam papers leaks
