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A first-year student of the MBBS 2023 batch from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi was arrested on Thursday evening by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the NEET paper leak case.

 

The arrest is in tandem with the arrest of four students of AIIMS Patna on Thursday, who are said to be members of the paper solvers’ gang.

 

According to sources the RIMS medical student, named Surbhi Kumari, was first interrogated by CBI on July 17. She was kept under police custody in Hostel No 3 of RIMS on Wednesday night. Later on Thursday, she was called to the CNI office for interrogation.

 

After about eight hours of questioning on Thursday, the CBI finally arrested her in the evening.

 

Dr Rajiv Ranjan, PRO RIMS said, "The student belonged to the 2023 batch which is a first-year student and she is now under the custody of CBI. They initially approached the administration for some initial information from the student and afterwards yesterday they again approached for further investigation in the same and then they proceeded with the custody of the student.”

 

“In this case, the administration will give full support and whatever information is needed will be given to them whenever they approach," he said.

 

The CBI is said to have seized mobile phones, laptops and other electronic gadgets and documents of the medical student, who is being considered as part 

of the question solvers’ gang that solver the 2024 NEET question papers after it was leaked from Hazaribag in Jharkhand.

 

The CBI is said to have got clues from the medical students after making key arrests in Patna.