New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Friday granted bail to Gangadhar Gunde, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from Dehradun on June 26 in a NEET paper leak case linked to Maharashtra’s Latur.
This case was initially registered by the Latur police at Shivaji Nagar police station but later taken over by the CBI
Gangadhar Gunde’s advocate Kailash More claimed he was wrongly arrested by the central probe agency due to a mistaken identity. He is not the actual man for whom CBI was looking for, More added.
An FIR was lodged by the CBI about the NEET UG exam 2024 against a person whose name is also Gangadhar but the full name was not revealed, the court learned. N Gangadhar Appa Nanjuthappa was arrested by the CBI later on.
Advocate More also stated that Gangadhar Gunde’s name surfaced during the investigation as he met one Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav on October 2.
The counsel for the CBI, however, disputed the submissions of the defence counsel and argued that one suspect Irenna Konagalwar, who is absconding, only knows who the Gangadhar is the probe agency was looking for. Therefore, as of now, it cannot be said with surety that the present accused is not the same Gangadhar the agency was looking for, the CBI’s counsel said.
Special CBI judge Ankit Singla granted bail to Gangadhar Gunde after hearing arguments of counsel for CBI and the accused on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs 25,000 and a surety bond of the same amount.
(Source: NEWS18)
