Q-leak case: Mukhiya acted in nexus with politicians, hired doctors to solve test questions

The grilling of arrested Sanjeev Kumar Singh alias Sanjiv Mukhiya, the mastermind behind the leak of question papers of a number of competitive exams including that of NEET-UG, has opened a Pandora's Box, exposing an organised racket and links of politicians with criminals.

- Avinash Kumar

PATNA: Mukhia, according to investigation, worked at several levels in nexus with criminals and politicians and kept evading arrests due to such proximity to power.

In the NEET-UG case, the CBI and Bihar police have so far arrested 46 persons, including Mukhiya. "Of them 28 were arrested by the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) and Patna police, while the rest were arrested by the CBI. The line of investigation of the CBI is similar to the one adopted by Patna police. The CBI has, however, collected a lot of new evidences, including technology and digital evidences, on its own to track the movement of the accused," said a police officer.

Modus Operandi

The officer said that Mukhiya's arrest was crucial as he was the kingpin and responsible for making the strategy for question leak and involving tech-savvy youth, who operated at the second layer to carry out the operation by reaching out to the stake holders and arranging the logistics.