Haq, also the district coordinator of NEET for Hazaribag, had maintained his innocence through the investigation and even pointed his finger towards a private courier company that had transported the question papers to the town in north-east Chotanagpur, and State Bank of India where they were to be kept until the day of the exam.
A regular presence on television channels, Haq had said he could not open the digital lock on the packet containing the questions at 1.15 pm on May 5, that is 45 minutes before the exam was scheduled to start, and had called up the National Testing Agency control room to seek guidance. The school principal, who was questioned for three days, also said that since the investigation showed that the leaked paper had been made available to students, who paid money to a gang engaged in stealing the papers, the night before, he could not be held responsible for the leak.
His claim was, however, exposed during the probe which, based on CCTV footage, established that booklet no. 6136488 containing the exam paper was taken straight to Oasis School instead of the SBI branch where it was supposed to be deposited for safe custody. Second, an examination of Haq's call records showed that he had been in touch with the members of the leak mafia.
The sleuths recorded the statement of bank officials and also collected the CCTV footage besides examining employees of the courier company which transported the box. The footage confirmed that no tampering occurred during transportation. The call which was made by Haq to NTA was also an alibi, sources said.
CBI also interrogated 13 suspects arrested by Patna police in Beur Central Jail in the Bihar capital and sleuths visited Kankarbagh with two accused to explore the potential involvement of Rocky, nephew of alleged mastermind Sanjeev Mukhia, in the case.
Earlier, the CBI had arrested two men named Ashutosh and Manish in the case. Ashutosh had rented the play school building in Patna which was allegedly used as a safe house by the handlers to coach around 20-25 students with the leaked question papers on the night of May 4. Manish took over the location for a day, bringing the students there, and later the accused burned the question papers and answers. Bihar Police discovered the burned remains during a raid on May 5.
Economic Offences Unit of Bihar Police, which had been investigating the case before it was handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation, corroborated these findings, according to sources.
Rocky, who owns a hotel in Ranchi, is accused of arranging solvers to crack the leaked question paper. He is currently on the run. Sources said CBI searched Rocky's residence in Kankarbagh and collected evidence for further investigation. Rocky is an acquaintance of the arrested suspects, Chintu and Mukesh, who were apprehended in Deoghar on June 22 and later remanded in CBI custody from June 27 to July 4 by a special CBI court in Patna.
CBI arrests Hazaribag school principal, his deputy in NEET-UG paper leak case - The Times of India
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