Anurag Yadav, one of the four individuals arrested in connection with the alleged National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak, revealed to the police that he was preparing for the medical entrance exam in Kota. His uncle Sikandar, also detained, persuaded him to return to Samastipur, assuring him that the exam was “sorted.” Anurag admitted to receiving some questions and answers the night before the test, which appeared in the actual exam the next day.

Anurag’s scorecard, issued by the National Testing Agency, shows he scored 185 out of 720, with a total percentile of 54.84. However, his individual subject scores reveal a puzzling discrepancy. He achieved an 85.8 percentile in Physics and 51 percentile in Biology, but only 5 percentile in Chemistry. This suggests he didn’t have enough time to memorize the Chemistry answers, despite receiving the questions in advance.

Anurag’s all-India rank is 10,51,525, and his category rank as an OBC candidate is 4,67,824.

Sikandar Yadavendu told the police he connected four students with Amit Anand and Nitish Kumar, who were also arrested, for the question papers. Amit and Nitish allegedly demanded Rs 30-32 lakh per student. Sikandar admitted he told each student they needed to pay Rs 40 lakh for the papers, out of greed.

While Anurag has been arrested, the other three students have been questioned. All three belong to the OBC category. One of them scored 300 out of 720, with a percentile of 73.37. However, their individual scores also raise suspicions, with 87.8 percentile in Biology but only 15.5 and 15.3 percentiles in Physics and Chemistry, respectively.

The scorecards of the other two students show a better performance across all subjects. One scored 581 out of 720, while the other achieved 483.