Another case of NEET impersonation found by CB-CID

Gurugram: The cases of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - NEET impersonation are in the highlights since the past few months. CB-CID (Crime branch - Crime Investigation Department) has arrested another first year student of SRM Medical University, whose fingerprints did not matched with the person who wrote his (National Testing Agency) NTA NEET 2019 from the centre located in North India. As per the reports, the Krishnagiri student had written the offline entrance exam of NEET from a centre in Tamil Nadu and also appointed impersonator to write the paper on his behalf from another state.

A senior investigative officer from CBCID said to TOI, with the mismatch of fingerprint of the student, they asked NTA to provide the original copy of fingerprint used during the exam for authentication. They later informed the SRM authority, who later removed the student from the academic session and a letter has also been sent to the Medical Council of India (MCI). The impersonator of NEET was paid a heavy amount of Rs. 20 lakhs for the scam. And the impersonators used to write the NEET exam on their proxy identities.

Earlier, the Tamil Nadu Police publicised the photograph of 10 suspected impersonators in the NEET 2019 scam and asked the public to share any information regarding them. The notice of impersonators including two women was made public to seek help in identifying them.

NEET 2018 impersonation scam hits the ground

In the midst of NTA 2019 impersonation cases, a second year medico Madras Medical College (MMC) with his father has also been found a part of NEET scam on February 26, 2020. He had hired an impersonator in Rs. 20 lakhs to write his CBSE NEET 2018 entrance exam on his behalf.

State Governments have strictly taken actions against this and took fingerprints of all first year medical students from all private, government colleges and deemed universities. The clear copies of fingerprints have also been taken from the National Testing Agency (NTA) and sent to the CB-CID for forensic tests.