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NEET UG Row: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday issued notices to the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the central governemnt, directing them to respond to petitions demanding the cancellation or retest of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2024 Examination amid allegations of irregularities. The court scheduled the hearing in the matter on July 10, two days after the Supreme Court is set to hear similar petitions, including those seeking cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam and a court-monitored investigation.

Justice Ashok Kumar Jain of the high court issued the notices to the NTA and the central government and sought their response. The court considered the matter to be serious and scheduled the hearing on July 10, counsel for petitioners Rampratap Saini said. He said a hearing was held on four petitions in the high court during the day.

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The petitioners have demanded the cancellation of the entrance exam and a retest, citing alleged irregularities reported in the conduct of the test held on May 5.

Meanwhile, a team from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday reached Patna and collected evidence related to the NEET paper leak case from Bihar Police’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU).

An EOU official, quoted by jagran.com, stated that the evidence collected so far during the investigation includes charred fragments of question papers recovered from a house in Patna, mobile phones, SIM cards, laptops, post-dated checks of the arrested individuals, and reference question papers provided by the NTA.

He also mentioned that all the arrested individuals were in judicial custody in Patna and the federal probe agency team was likely to obtain transit remand from the court to take them to Delhi for a comprehensive interrogation.

The EOU official further stated that the CBI might register several FIRs in this case for the destruction of evidence. Moreover, the government officials, who have been accused in the case, might face a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

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As many as 18 persons have so far been arrested in the NEET paper leak case. So far Bihar Police’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU) was probing the case. The CBI took over the case on Sunday after the recommendation of the Education Ministry and registered an FIR for alleged irregularities in NEET. Notably, students across India are holding a vehement protest against the government and NTA (agency responsible for conducting the exam) seeking a re-exam.

(With Agency Inputs)