A youth of Rajasthan was arrested by the Rourkela police on Monday allegedly for appearing as a proxy candidate in NEET examination, which was held on Sunday.
The accused was identified as Rakesh Kumar, a native from Dunguri, Rajsatan. He reportedly had come to Rourkela by train only on Saturday and was staying in a city hotel.
The police suspect about involvement of a racket in the crime.
According to sources, the Uditnagar police had received information from DAV Public School whixh was a centre of NEET examination about the proxy candidate. Soon, a team of police started an inquiry by detaining the youth.
"I was engaged by a Delhi based agency to appear in the examination,"Rakesh told mediapersons while being court-forwarded.
DSP PK Mishra told, "We have also identified the candidate, for whom the accused was appearing as a proxy and will nab him soon."