Deoghar:

The Bihar Police detained six people from Jharkhand’s Deoghar district in connection with the alleged irregularities in medical entrance exam NEET, an official said on Saturday.

They were detained from a house near AIIMS-Deoghar in Devipur police station area on Friday night, he said.

“The Bihar Police gave us a tip-off. On our identification, they were taken into custody. All the suspects have been taken to Bihar,” SDPO (Deoghar Sadar) Ritvik Srivastava told PTI.

The suspects were allegedly living at the house of one Jhunu Singh, he said.

They were identified as Paramjit Singh alias Bittu, Chintu alias Baldev Kumar, Kaju alias Prashant Kumar, Ajit Kumar, Rajiv Kumar alias Karu, all residents of Nalanda district of Bihar, and Panku Kumar, according to a statement issued by the Deoghar Police.

NEET-UG was conducted by the NTA on May 5 with around 24 lakh candidates taking part in it. The results were announced on June 4, but they were followed by allegations of question paper leaks in states such as Bihar, besides other irregularities.

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Angry villagers vandalised a police station and set it on fire in Tarabari village of Bihar’s Araria district after a man and his minor ‘wife’ allegedly died by suicide in the police custody. 

The man married his 14-year-old sister-in-law two days ago after his wife’s death. They were detained by the police on Thursday afternoon as the legal age for women to get married in India is 18.

The locals said the man and his wife were detained by the police soon after their marriage, alleging that they died in custody after being beaten up by cops. 

A CCTV video, apparently of the police lockup, shows a man climbing onto the lockup door, hanging himself with a cloth. 

As the news about duo’s death spread in the area, angry villagers surrounded the Tarabari police station and threw stones at the police personnel. 

The angry villagers went on a rampage and vandalised the police station, later set it on fire. At least five police personnel were injured in the incident.

Officials said as soon as information about the incident was received, police personnel from several police stations including Sadar SDPO Rampukar Singh reached the spot. 

The angry villagers, however, continued the protest and raised slogans against the police.  

Locals alleged that couple died in custody due to negligence of the police after being beaten up. Police have so far refused to comment on the matter.