‘CBI team probing UGC-NET case allegedly attacked by locals in Bihar; four arrested’

Nawada/New Delhi: A CBI team probing alleged irregularities in the conduct of the UGC-NET examination was allegedly attacked by locals in Rajauli area of Bihar’s Nawada after which four persons were arrested by police on a complaint from the central agency, officials said Sunday.

The incident occurred on Saturday when the CBI team had gone to Kasiyadih village on the trail of some suspects, they said.

“A team of CBI officials was gheroed, manhandled and attacked by a group of villagers in Kasiyadih village, under the jurisdiction of Rajauli Police Station, at around 4.30 pm on Saturday,” the office of the Superintendent of Police of Nawada said in a statement.

“Immediately after receiving the information, a team of police officials led by the station house officer (SHO) of the Rajauli police station reached the spot and pacified the villagers, following which the situation was brought under control,” it said.

Police registered a case and arrested four persons in connection with the incident.

It is believed that a driver of the CBI vehicle sustained a minor injury in the attack, sources said.

According to local police officials, villagers thought that the sleuths were imposters who were falsely claiming to be CBI officials after they reached the village looking for some suspects allegedly involved in the UGC-NET question paper leak case based on the location of their mobile phone numbers.

“CBI officials were looking for a villager - Phool Chand - in connection with the UGC-NET question paper case case. They seized two mobile phones from the house of Phool Chand,” said a senior police official in Nawada on the condition of anonymity.

An FIR was filed by the local police against the accused on charges of causing disruption in government work and assault, among others, officials said in Delhi. The local police arrested four persons allegedly involved in the attack and they have been sent to judicial custody, they said. Meanwhile, the CBI has asked a Kushinagar-based youth to appear before it in connection with the UGC-NET alleged paper

leak case.