Varanasi: One aspirant barred from NEET for two years, result of 15 withheld

VARANASI: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant Heena Biswas of Tripura, for whom one Juli Kumari had been caught appearing in the exam at a centre in Sarnath, Varanasi, has been barred from appearing in the test for two years.
The result of 15 other aspirants in touch with the solvers gang busted by Uttar Pradesh Police on September 12 has been declared as withheld.
Varanasi police commissioner A Satish Ganesh told TOI on Tuesday, "We had sent our report to the National Testing Agency (NTA) that conducts NEET and shared the details of the 16 aspirants in contact with the solvers' gang. NEET results were declared on Monday and ''banned for two years' is mentioned against the name of Heena Biswas. The result of 15 other aspirants has been withheld and 'result later' is mentioned in front of their roll numbers."
The commissioner further informed that a non-bailable warrant was issued against Nilesh Kumar alias PK, kingpin of the Patna-based solvers' gang busted by Varanasi Police, on Tuesday.
"The district court had on Monday rejected PK's plea of interim bail. The bail plea of one jailed accused in the case had also been rejected. Further investigations are in progress and we have intensified efforts for the arrest of PK," he added.
The crime branch had arrested Juli Kumari and her mother Babita Devi of Patna on September 12 from NEET exam centre at St. Francis Xavier School in Sona Talab area under Sarnath police station and busted the solvers gang.
On September 14, Dr Osama Shahid, a student of KGMU, Lucknow, and one Abhay Kumar Mehta of the gang were arrested. Cops nabbed Vikas Kumar Mahto of Khagadia and Raju Kumar of Jehanabad, Bihar, also but the kingpin Neelesh Kumar alias PK alias Prem Kumar of Patna managed to escape when Varanasi police raided his residence on September 19.
As the investigation progressed, we found that 25 aspirants had been in contact with the gang. Out of the 25, nine had skipped the test.
"As many things were found fishy in the case of these 25 aspirants, we sought the cooperation of the NTA director in the investigations and sent a report while requesting to put the result of the 16 aspirants on hold till the probe is on," the CP said.