Bhubaneswar, May 7 -- A person appearing as a dummy candidate for another examinee in the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) was arrested in Bhadrak. Along with him, two other associates were also arrested by the Bhadrak Rural Police.

As per police sources, three other aides of the accused in this connection are on the run.

While the arrested accused has been identified as Ankit Raja from Kolkata, his two associates are Aditya Kumar and Rajesh Kumar.

As per reports, the invigilator had doubts about one candidate while the examination was going on at a private school in Bhadrak. Subsequently, the truth about the fake candidate was revealed following a fingerprint scan which did not match the original candidate.Also Read |Odis...