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NEET paper leak case: Experts breached ‘obligation of secrecy’
['Nagaland Post']
Nagaland Post
Face life imprisonment, Rs 1 crore fineNew Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI): The three National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts breached an “obligation of secrecy” and circulated the question papers of the NEET UG exam, said the the chargesheet filed by the CBI before a Delhi court.
Interestingly, the agency has considered them “public servants” while invoking the charges against them as they were entrusted with “confidential” property or question papers.
On May 12, the NTA cancelled the NEET-UG held on May 3 for admissions in medical courses amid allegations of paper leak.
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan later resigned over the NEET paper leak row following the protests.
According to the chargesheet, biology subject expert Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, chemistry subject expert P V Kulkarni and physics expert Manisha Sanjay Havaldar had signed a “certificate of confidentiality”.