CBI arrested Rakesh Ranjan, alias Rocky, an alleged kingpin in the NEET paper leak case, from Kanti Factory Road in Patna late Wednesday night. On Thursday he was produced before a special CBI court which remanded him in the probe agency’s custody for 10 days, reports .
Rocky, a resident of Nalanda district, is accused of obtaining the leaked NEET question paper, solving it, and circulating the answers to MBBS aspirants.He allegedly arranged for solvers, including MBBS students from Patna and Ranchi, to assist in the cheating racket. He was found to be physically managing the operations of the paper-solver gang. The crucial lead came when investigators traced Rocky through the IP address associated with emails sent from his wife’s email account. Suspicions arose about Rocky’s involvement in the paper leak due to his alleged relation to Sanjeev Mukhia, believed to be the kingpin in several paper leak cases. Mukhia is still at large.