Bhubaneswar: Just a day before the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2025, scheduled for May 4, Commissionerate Police in Bhubaneswar arrested four members of an inter-state fraud syndicate involved in deceiving medical aspirants.
The arrests, made by the Special Crime Unit, targeted a group promising fake admissions to private medical colleges in Odisha.
Commissioner of Police S. Dev Datta Singh revealed that the accused included one individual each from Jharkhand and Bihar, and two from Odisha. The fraudsters lured NEET aspirants with false assurances of securing seats in private medical colleges in exchange for large sums of money. Their scheme also involved offering to arrange dummy candidates to take the NEET UG exam on behalf of the aspirants.
During the operation, police seized bank cheques worth ₹90 lakh and a blank bank cheque from the accused. Authorities are now investigating the extent of the scam, including the number of students potentially defrauded and the methods used to bypass NEET’s stringent exam protocols.
The NEET UG 2025 exam is set to take place nationwide on Sunday, May 4, from 2 PM to 5 PM in a single shift. Police have intensified efforts to ensure the integrity of the examination process in light of this incident.
