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CBI carries out raids at 19 places over JEE exam manipulation bid The teams carried out raids at 19 places including Delhi and neighbouring districts in the National Capital Region, Pune, Jamshedpur, Indore and Bangalore By  HT Correspondent , New Delhi UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2021 04:26 AM IST The raids coincided with the session 4 JEE (Mains) 2021 exams held on Thursday. (PTI file photo) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted searches at 19 locations across the country after registering a case against a private firm on charges of attempting to manipulate the ongoing JEE (Mains) exams 2021, people familiar with the development said. CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said the agency has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and its directors, Siddharth Krishna, Vishambhar Mani Tripathi and Govind Varshney on the charges that they, along with their associates posted at the examination centre and others, were manipulating the online exam...