June 24, 2024 4:14 PM.
It has been revealed that the threads of the Medical Entrance Examination (NEET) paper leak case have reached Latur. Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav and Jalil Umar Khan Pathan, two teachers in a Zilla Parishad school, were arrested on Sunday night.
Also, a case has been registered against a total of four named Iranna Mashnaji Kongalwar and Gangadhar (Delhi) at Shivajinagar Police Station in Latur. A case has been registered against these four under Sections 3(v), 4 and 10 of Latur’s The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 and Sections 420, 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code.
A SIT under the leadership of Latur City Sub-Divisional Police Officer Bhagwat Funde has been constituted to investigate the entire case and further investigation is underway.
Jalil Khan Pathan, the Latur-based teacher, was produced before a local court on Monday and has been remanded in police custody till July 2. He is among the four booked by the state police under the new paper leak law by the central government.
By evening, the police also detained Sanjay Jadhav, the other teacher named in the case who was on the run. Sources said the current case filed by the Maharashtra Police is also likely to be transferred to CBI and the central agency will, in due course, seek their custody. The agency is probing a national-wide racket in the alleged NEET-UG paper leak.
The police registered a case based on the input provided by the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad against Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav, Jalil Khan Pathan, Eranna Konalwar and Gangadhar from Delhi. While Jadhav and Pathan are district council teachers who were also running private tuition classes, Konalwar was residing in ITI Umerga, Dharashiv.
According to the complaint, the ATS’ Nanded unit had certain leads of a racket operating out of Latur following which a covert operation was undertaken. Two teachers were detained on Sunday and on questioning them, their answers were found unsatisfactory. Further questioning revealed certain WhatsApp chats, money trail and hall tickets of students pointing to their alleged involvement.
The investigation revealed that Pathan had allegedly sent exam-related documents to Jadhav who, in turn, forwarded the students’ admit cards via WhatsApp to Eranna Konalwar, who then contacted one Gangadhar in Delhi. The probe is trying to ascertain the chain and the racket, including the number of students contacted by the accused, the money paid to get the papers and the distribution of funds among the accused.
Jalil Khan Pathan, the Latur-based teacher, was produced before a local court on Monday and has been remanded in police custody till July 2. He is among the four booked by the state police under the new paper leak law by the central government.
By evening, the police also detained Sanjay Jadhav, the other teacher named in the case who was on the run. Sources said the current case filed by the Maharashtra Police is also likely to be transferred to CBI and the central agency will, in due course, seek their custody. The agency is probing a national-wide racket in the alleged NEET-UG paper leak.
The police registered a case based on the input provided by the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad against Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav, Jalil Khan Pathan, Eranna Konalwar and Gangadhar from Delhi. While Jadhav and Pathan are district council teachers who were also running private tuition classes, Konalwar was residing in ITI Umerga, Dharashiv.
According to the complaint, the ATS’ Nanded unit had certain leads of a racket operating out of Latur following which a covert operation was undertaken. Two teachers were detained on Sunday and on questioning them, their answers were found unsatisfactory. Further questioning revealed certain WhatsApp chats, money trail and hall tickets of students pointing to their alleged involvement.
The investigation revealed that Pathan had allegedly sent exam-related documents to Jadhav who, in turn, forwarded the students’ admit cards via WhatsApp to Eranna Konalwar, who then contacted one Gangadhar in Delhi. The probe is trying to ascertain the chain and the racket, including the number of students contacted by the accused, the money paid to get the papers and the distribution of funds among the accused.
