Proxy solver, caught at Bihar exam centre, let go with written apology

PATNA: An

AIIMS-Jodhpur

student paid to be a

proxy

for a

NEET-UG

examinee got caught during biometric attendance at a centre in Bihar's Muzaffarpur minutes before the May 5 test, but was allegedly allowed to go after submitting a written apology to the authorities, new findings in the ongoing paper-leak probe reveal.
Although the breach at the examination centre in DAV School, Malighat, was never officially reported, an FIR was registered at Mithanpura police station in Muzaffarpur the same day after station house officer (SHO) Ram Krishna Paramhans Kumar received this information from an undisclosed source.

The accused, from Barmer in Rajasthan, has been absent from college and staying away from home since, police said. In his apology, he confessed to impersonating the son of a doctor who owns a hospital in UP's Prayagraj in exchange for Rs 4 lakh.

The AIIMS student said he met Dr Rajesh Prasad Pandey, who allegedly wanted a proxy for his son, in Kota, Rajasthan.
"I come from a poor family. I was promised Rs 4 lakh, which is why I agreed to write the exam on someone else's behalf," he wrote.
The examinee's admit card featured a picture of the third-year MBBS student.

Police quoted an official of the

exam centre

as saying that the young man had been asked to wait outside after he wrote an apology while the authorities decided what to do next.

He allegedly sneaked out and couldn't be traced.
ASP Awadhesh Dixit of Muzaffarpur said the centre was "under the scanner" for not reporting the crime immediately.
"The school management was apparently reluctant to pursue the case, fearing damage to the centre's reputation." Dixit said both the proxy and Dr Raj Pandey, who allegedly paid him, had been named in the FIR.
"Separate teams have been sent to Prayagraj, Barmer and Jodhpur to locate the accused. Neither of them was found at their respective homes or workplaces. The student who allegedly took money to act as a proxy for an examinee hasn't attended classes at AIIMS-Jodhpur since May 2," SHO Paramhans Kumar said.