No evidence to show Sanjeev Mukhiya's role in theft of NEET-UG 2024 paper: CBI
No evidence to show Sanjeev Mukhiya's role in theft of NEET-UG 2024 paper: CBI
M.U.H
23/07/202632
The CBI said on Thursday that it found no evidence to establish the involvement of Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanjeev Mukhiya in the theft or distribution of the stolen NEET-UG 2024 question paper.
The agency said its investigation had identified the full conspiracy, all those involved in the theft and onward distribution of the paper, and each beneficiary.
The agency said it has filed multiple chargesheets against 45 persons before a Patna court in the case. It also said that, after a detailed and thorough probe, it was satisfied that the entire conspiracy and the people involved had been identified.
According to the CBI, Bihar Police had detected the theft of the NEET-UG question paper in 2024 and registered a case.
A CBI spokesperson said, "At that stage, prima facie suspicion had emerged against Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanjeev Mukhiya, who may have been involved in the theft, as he was found involved in certain other paper theft/leak cases. Bihar Police accordingly named him as an accused in the FIR."
The case was later transferred to the CBI. The agency said that during its investigation, it identified "each and every person" involved in the theft and onward distribution of the stolen question paper, along with each beneficiary.
The spokesperson added, "In the course of its investigation, the CBI did not come across any evidence to establish the involvement of Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanjeev Mukhiya in the theft or distribution of the stolen NEET-UG question paper in 2024."
The agency said Mukhiya remained absconding during the relevant period and was later arrested by Bihar Police. As he was a named accused in the FIR, the CBI took his police custody for examination in the NEET-UG 2024 case.
The agency said no evidence of his involvement emerged during the investigation, and it therefore did not file any chargesheet against him.
It said Mukhiya then obtained bail in the NEET-UG 2024 case, but remained in judicial custody because he was an accused in certain other cases being probed by Bihar Police.
Summing up its probe, the CBI said it had carried out a detailed investigation into the NEET-UG 2024 theft case, identified all those involved, and ensured that "none of them escaped the law".
It maintained that no evidence was found against Mukhiya in this case, even though he had been named in the original FIR.
