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CBI team probes UGC-NET case, alleged attack in Bihar’s Nawada, 4 arrested: Officials | India News

A CBI team is investigating alleged irregularities in the implementation of the UGC-NET Exam was allegedly attacked by locals in Bihar’s Nawada, following which police arrested four persons based on a complaint from the central agency, officials said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Saturday evening when a CBI team went to Kasiadeeh village in the area, it said.

A mob gathered around the CBI vehicles and booed the officials, they said, adding that a call was received at the local police station, which then dispatched forces from Rajauli police station.

The local police filed charges against the defendant, accusing him of, among other things, disrupting government work and bodily harm.

Local police said they had arrested four people suspected of being involved in the attack and taken them into custody.

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The CBI had on Thursday filed an FIR against unidentified persons in the UGC-NET document leak case on the tip-off of the Union Education Ministry.

The UGC-NET-2024 examination for selection of junior scientists, assistant professors and doctoral candidates was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in two shifts across the country on June 18.

According to sources, the next day, the University Grants Commission received tip-offs from the National Cyber ​​Crime Threat Analytics Unit of the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Centre (l4C) that the document was available on the dark web and was allegedly being sold for Rs 500,000 to Rs 600,000 on messaging platforms.

According to the education ministry’s complaint, the information provided by the I4C, which is under the Union home ministry, “prima facie suggests that the integrity of the examination may have been compromised,” officials said.

First uploaded on: 23.06.2024 at 21:03 IST