India, July 27 -- A special CBI court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rajiv Ranjan Sinha, an education consultant accused of playing a central role in the alleged NEET-UG score manipulation racket.

Sinha had sought pre-arrest bail in a case registered by the CBI, where he was alleged to be part of a conspiracy to tamper with the NEET-UG 2025 scores in exchange for large sums of money. The agency stated that the original demand was Rs.90 lakh per candidate, which was subsequently reduced to Rs.87.5 lakh, and that candidates and their parents were lured into signing blank OMR sheets at a five-star hotel in Noida on May 9 and 12.

According to the CBI, co-accused Salim Patel sent Sinha a list of 15 candidates along with som...