Inside Job Exposed: CBI Busts NTA Experts Behind Multi-State NEET Paper Leak Racket

Inside Job Exposed: CBI Busts NTA Experts Behind Multi-State NEET Paper Leak Racket

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  • Updated May 18, 2026 12:33 PM IST

The CBI's expanding probe into the NEET-UG paper leak has busted a multi-layered racket involving NTA-appointed subject experts who acted as insiders. Key arrests include Pune-based Botany professor Manisha Mandhare and retired Chemistry professor P.V. Kulkarni, both accused of leveraging their access to confidential question pools to leak papers. Along with middleman Manisha Waghmare, they allegedly organized secret coaching classes to dictate exact questions to students for massive payouts. As the court remands the accused to CBI custody, the political showdown has intensified, with Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's immediate resignation.

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