Amidst the cityscape of Patna, Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha asserted on Thursday that the apprehended principal perpetrator within the NEET “paper breach” has affiliations with people related to RJD luminary Tejashwi Yadav, prompting a name for an inquiry into the matter.

Throughout a convened media briefing, Sinha alleged a constant correspondence between the implicated official and Sikander Prasad Yadvendu, the detained central suspect within the affair.

“The person linked with Yadav was instrumental in securing lodgings for Sikandar at varied visitor residences in Patna and different locales. I possess data of correspondence whereby the person organized lodging for Sikandar,” articulated the deputy chief minister.

Positing possession of the originating cell quantity for stated correspondences, Sinha pressed, “This warrants meticulous investigation. Why does the RJD figurehead (Tejashwi Prasad) preserve a taciturn demeanor relating to this difficulty?” Notably, there exists hypothesis relating to the suspect’s affiliation with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in the course of the latter’s interval of judicial detention in Ranchi,” divulged the deputy chief minister.

The Financial Offences Wing of Bihar Police, in its ongoing scrutiny into the purported breach of the NEET-UG 2024 evaluation, apprehended 13 people final month. These detained embrace test-takers, their guardians, and the alleged mastermind, Sikander Prasad Yadvendu.