A chemistry teacher spent hours checking a viral PDF. By midnight, he knew NEET had leaked

Dishank PurohitTNN
May 17, 2026 | 21:28 IST
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The first breakthrough in the NEET scandal did not come from an official raid. It came from a coaching teacher who refused to dismiss a viral document as mere rumour.

Jaipur: Around 6pm on May 3, a 35-year-old chemistry teacher in Sikar returned to his rented room after helping prepare answer keys for NEET-UG 2026. Exhausted by the grind of Rajasthan’s high-pressure coaching season, he expected the day to end quietly. It didn’t.

“My landlord told me, ‘Sir, there is some PDF going around.’ I checked it and was aghast,” he told TOI.
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