New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its detailed tuition sheet in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, which has wilt a rationalization of controversy wideness the country. In this tuition sheet of well-nigh 94 pages, the investigating organ has personal that no high-tech technology was used for the paper leak. The accused unexplored a very simple method. They used to memorise exam questions, later write them on paper and pass on the information by marking the relevant NCERT chapters.
After the matter came to light, there was wrongness among students wideness the country and tween this unshortened controversy, the then education minister Dharmendra Pradhan moreover had to step down.
Who are the people facing the serious allegations in the CBI investigation?
In the tuition sheet, the investigating organ has named three subject experts from the paper preparation team of the National Testing Organ (NTA) as the main accused. Among them, chemistry expert P.V. Kulkarni, botany expert Manisha Mandhare and physics expert Manisha Havaldar. CBI alleges that they had official wangle to confidential material during the question paper preparation and translation process, which was misused.
What was the method of paper leak?
According to the tuition sheet, the accused used to memorise the exam questions and later write them on slips of paper in hotel rooms or other unscratched places. Along with this, in NCERT books, marks were placed on those chapters and paragraphs from where questions were asked. Without this, this information was passed on to selected students through a network of trusted middlemen and some coaching institutes. The investigating organ says that the unshortened process was unexplored in such a way that no digital vestige is left behind.
Has the role of coaching institutes moreover come to the fore?
CBI has personal in its investigation that the motive overdue the paper leak was not only financial proceeds but moreover the motive to show largest results of some coaching institutes. During the investigation, handwritten notes were recovered in which possible questions were written to the students. The organ says that these notes and other documents have been of significant help in understanding the functioning of the paper leak network.
What questions have been raised on the security arrangements of NTA?
In the tuition sheet, serious questions have moreover been raised on the confidentiality system of NTA. According to CBI, there was no constructive system to search or monitor the experts working in the confidential section. This was the reason why it was possible to memorise the questions and siphon them out. The investigation moreover revealed that one of the accused experts had back-translated a large number of questions within three days, remoter worsening suspicion on him.
What has come to light in the investigation so far?
So far 13 people have been accused in this case. Apart from the three experts of NTA, these moreover include coaching operators, middlemen and some candidates who tangibly took benefits. All the accused are currently in judicial custody. The CBI has registered a specimen under the Indian Justice Code (BNS), Prevention of Corruption Act and Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
On what scale did the investigating organ take action?
CBI started a large-scale investigation without registering the FIR on May 12. For this, a team of 72 officers and eight cyberforensic experts was formed. Raids were conducted at increasingly than 90 places in five states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana. During this period, digital devices, wall records, documents and other important vestige were seized. The organ has moreover frozen the wall accounts, lockers and demat finance of the accused.
Along with the tuition sheet, increasingly than 20 thousand pages of documents, statements of 360 witnesses, 422 documents and 43 physical vestige have been presented in the court. However, CBI has clarified that the final confirmation of all the allegations will happen only without the hearing in the court.
