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CBI charge sheet details NEET leak via NTA experts
The Hindu··7 Aug
The CBI charge sheet against 13 accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak cites digital evidence including an access control app at NTA chemistry expert P.V. Kulkarni's Pune society and phone records. Three NTA subject experts are named as primary sources of the leak. All accused remain in judicial custody after the July 28 filing in a Delhi special court.
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What It Means For You
- NEET aspirants can see the charge sheet blaming insider NTA experts and coaching networks, not only external hackers.
- Parents paying for entrance coaching can note investigators allege special classes were used to circulate questions.
- Anyone watching education governance can track documented gaps in frisking, CCTV retention and confidential-section controls.
What's Happening
- CBI's charge sheet names 13 accused, including three NTA subject experts, in the NEET-UG 2026 leak case.
- Evidence cited includes a Pune society's access-control app, phone records and forensic matches to paper sets.
- All 13 arrested accused are in judicial custody after the July 28 filing before a special CBI court.
How Investigators Say The Leak Chain Worked
- The May 3 NEET-UG 2026 exam was cancelled after leak complaints and a re-exam was held on June 21.
- CBI says questions left NTA's Okhla confidential section via chits, memory and marked NCERT books, then moved through middlemen.
- The agency also flagged missing CCTV for the paper-setting period because footage was retained only about 20 to 25 days.
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