New Delhi: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police has arrested six more people in connection with the alleged leak of National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-2024 question paper, taking the total number of arrests made in the case to 19. The latest arrests were made in Jharkhand’s Deoghar.

Acting on a tip off, the Police arrested Panku, Paramjeet alias Bittu, Baldev Kumar alias Chintu, Prashant alias Kaju, Ajeet and Rajeev Kumar alias Karu from Devipur Police Station limits. The arrests were made from a house near AIIMS, Deoghar.

Earlier, two people were arrested from Ranchi — Awadesh Kumar and his son Abhishek, a NEET aspirant. In his confession letter, Awadesh had said he paid Rs 40 lakh to Sikandar Yadavendu, the alleged mastermind for the question paper.

This development follows the earlier arrest of 13 individuals by Bihar Police, including four NEET-UG candidates and their family members in connection with the case.

The arrested individuals included aspirant Anurag Yadav, Sikandar Yadavendu and two others, Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand. They have confessed to receiving the question paper a day prior to the exam and memorising the answers, Police sources said.