Jaipur police investigate wider exam fraud after NEET arrests

Jaipur: A day after busting a gang that was trying to cheat in the NEET exam and arresting five people, including a first-year MBBS student, city police Tuesday said they are now probing the gang's possible involvement in other competitive exam frauds.

Sources said mobile phones seized from the accused contained a series of digital evidence—chats, photos, and videos. These are being examined to check whether the group tried to manipulate or attempted to rig other entrance exams. The accused were arrested following a tip-off from state police's special operations group (SOG). Acting on the lead, a police team raided a flat in Jagdamba Nagar, Karni Vihar, and arrested Ajit Kumar and Sohan Lal Chaudhary, both postgraduate students at National Institute of Ayurveda in Jaipur, along with Jitendra Sharma, an MBBS student from Karnataka who previously studied Ayurveda.

Police recovered forged admit cards, Bluetooth earpieces, SIM cards, AI-generated ID photos, and Rs 50,000 cash—reportedly taken as advance payment for appearing as dummy candidates. Later, two more candidates, Rohit Gora and Sanjay Chaudhary, were taken into custody for allegedly engaging the gang to impersonate them in NEET-UG and a forthcoming paramedical exam.

A senior official, on condition of anonymity, said the gang was driven by the lure of fast money. The PG students allegedly recruited Jitendra Sharma to pose as Gora in NEET and as Sanjay in the upcoming test. "The group used sophisticated tools and fake identities to facilitate impersonation. We are examining their phones and financial trails to uncover the full extent of the racket," he said.