How whistleblower alert exposed NEET-UG paper leak, CBI tracks ‘paper leak mafia’

Team TOITNN
May 13, 2026 | 19:53 IST

One person has been detained in Maharashtra and officials suspect that the ‘mafia’ was involved in the sale of the questions across states

Investigators of the National Testing Agency (NTA), tracing the alleged leak trail of the NEET-UG paper, linked it to a printing agency in Jaipur and coaching networks spread across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar and Kerala. Police in Maharashtra’s Nashik detained a suspect and the CBI — after registering an FIR on a complaint from the education ministry —conducted raids at 12 locations across the country.

Despite the cancellation of the exam that 23 lakh candidates wrote, the testing agency maintained that the papers weren't completely leaked.
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