The CBI on Thursday said it has not found any evidence to prove the involvement of Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanjeev Mukhiya in the theft or distribution of the stolen NEET-UG 2024 question paper.
In 2024, Bihar Police detected the theft of NEET-UG question paper and registered a case, the agency said in a statement.
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“At that stage, prima facie suspicion arose against Sanjeev Kumar, alias Sanjeev Mukhiya, who might have been involved in the robbery, as he was found involved in some other paper theft/diversion cases. Accordingly, the Bihar Police identified him as an accused in the FIR,” a CBI spokesperson said.
The case was then transferred to the CBI, and during the investigation, the agency identified “every person” involved in the theft and distribution of the stolen question paper, along with each beneficiary.
The CBI filed several chargesheets against 45 people before a Patna court.
“In the course of its investigation, the CBI has not found any evidence to prove the involvement of Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanjeev Mukhiya in the theft or distribution of the stolen NEET-UG question paper in 2024,” the spokesperson said.
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The statement said that after a detailed and comprehensive investigation, the agency was convinced that the entire conspiracy and the people involved in it had been identified.
“Sanjeev Mukhiya remained absconding during the relevant period. He was subsequently arrested by Bihar Police. Since he was a named accused in the FIR, the CBI took him into police custody for examination in the NEET-UG 2024 case,” the statement read.
As no evidence of his involvement in the case emerged during the investigation, the CBI did not file any chargesheet against Sanjeev Mukhiya, who accordingly got bail in the NEET-UG 2024 case, the statement said.
Mukhiya remained in judicial custody even after being released on bail in the CBI case, as he was an accused in some other cases being investigated by Bihar Police, the agency said.
“The CBI conducted a detailed investigation into the NEET-UG 2024 theft case, identified all the persons involved, and ensured that none of them escaped the law,” the statement said.
