Fact Check: NEET paper leak accused not arrested from Congress’ Deoghar office
A video has gone viral claiming that these accused were hiding in the Congress office in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 28 Jun 2024 7:05 AM GMT
Claim: Six NEET UG exam paper leak accused were hiding in the Congress office in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
Fact: The six accused were arrested and taken from LNJP hospital in Patna after their medical examination.
Hyderabad: The paper leak scandal has rocked NEET this year. Six people have been arrested by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police. Amid this, a video has gone viral claiming that these accused were hiding in the Congress office in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
A Facebook user shared the video with the caption “Congress party is responsible for leaking the NEET exam paper. The accused were hiding in the Congress office in Jharkhand. This entire paper leak was planned by the Gandhi family to create unrest and trouble Modi Ji in the new parliament session after Lok Sabha 2024 elections.”
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Fact Check:
NewsMeter found that the claim is false.
Since the video featured the ANI logo, a reverse image search of the video led to the ANI News X account, where they posted the original video. This report stated that the six individuals accused in the NEET UG paper leak case were taken from LNJP hospital in Patna after undergoing a medical examination. The report specified that the Bihar Police had arrested the accused in Deoghar, Jharkhand, on June 21.
A keyword search revealed an ‘India Today’ report with the caption “Six arrested from Jharkhand in NEET exam paper leak case”. According to this report, the arrests occurred at a house near AIIMS in Deoghar. This information directly contradicted the viral claims, as it placed the location of the arrests at a residential property and not a political office.
Further, Newsmeter compared Google images of LNJP hospital with the visuals in the viral video. The comparison clearly showed that the location in the video matched the hospital's environment.
Hence the claim that the NEET UG exam paper leak accused were hiding in the Congress office is false. The video shows the accused being taken away from a hospital.
