The Cyber Crime Branch of Ahmedabad City Police has arrested a 19-year-old man from Bihar for attempting to divert refund money meant for NEET candidates into his own bank accounts. The accused, identified as Navinkumar Shankar Prasad Yadav, is a B.Sc. student from Gaya district in Bihar. According to the police, he allegedly tried to fraudulently transfer refund amounts belonging to around 150 students from the NEET portal.
During the investigation, it was found that the accused created a fake identity in the name of a complainant’s daughter. He managed to obtain her NEET application number and password, and used these details without her knowledge to access the NEET UG 2026 portal.
Once inside the system, he attempted to redirect the refund
amount by entering bank account details of another person. Police said this was part of a planned conspiracy, where the accused misused stolen login credentials and hid his identity to commit fraud.
Police said the case came to light as part of ongoing efforts to prevent and detect cybercrime. Acting on directions from senior officers, including Police Commissioner G.S. Malik and other officials, a case was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station.
Based on a tip-off from the Chief Information Security Officer of the National Testing Agency (NTA), along with technical analysis of bank transactions and intelligence inputs, the police tracked the accused. He was later traced to Bihar and arrested.
An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act for cheating, criminal breach of trust, and cyber fraud.
Further investigation is underway.
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Meanwhile, the NEET UG re-exam is scheduled for June 21. The Centre has already announced that all candidates who applied for the NEET UG exam conducted on May 3 will receive a refund of their fees. Many aspirants have taken to social media to question the technical glitches and the introduction of the two-step verification process.
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