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NEET-UG 2026 held nationwide for 20 lakh
Around 20 lakh medical aspirants sit the NEET-UG 2026 examination at centres across India, with results promised by mid-June.
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Paper leak triggered NTA to scrap NEET 2026; CBI opened probe, 9 arrested
Over 400 leaked questions circulated on WhatsApp and Telegram before the May 3 exam. Nashik 'mastermind' Shubham Khairnar is in CBI custody. Re-NEET date awaited.
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NTA scrapped May 3 NEET after 400-question leak
On May 12, 2026, the National Testing Agency cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 medical entrance examination held just nine days earlier on May 3, citing an organised paper leak. The Centre handed the case to the CBI, which has so far made 9 arrests across five states and detained or questioned nearly 45 people. Investigators say over 400 questions circulated on WhatsApp and Telegram before the exam, with more than 100 Biology and Chemistry items matching the live paper.
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WhatsApp trail led from May 3 to scrap order
Within hours of the May 3 exam, candidates and parents flagged screenshots of questions circulating on Telegram and WhatsApp groups that matched the live paper. Police forensic teams found a set of over 400 questions — including more than 100 Biology and Chemistry items with what Additional DGP Vishal Bansal called 'striking similarities' to the actual NEET paper. The Centre, facing student protests, escalated the case to the CBI on May 12, the same day NTA scrapped the exam.
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Shubham Khairnar, Nalanda 'solver gang' on hot seat
The CBI says the network had at least three nodes. Shubham Khairnar, 30, was first detained by Nashik Police in Maharashtra before being transferred to CBI custody as an alleged paper-leak mastermind. In Bihar's Nalanda district, police separately broke up an organised 'solver gang' by arresting a second-year MBBS student and two associates who allegedly arranged proxy examinees with forged admit cards. Investigators have now made 9 arrests across five states and questioned roughly 45 people.
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