A police official passes by a poster during a protest staged by Youth Congress members over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak. File photo for representational purposes only.
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The CBI on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) arrested two more persons in connection with the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak case. Those held include a Latur-based doctor and a member of the physics faculty of a coaching institute in Pune in the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said.
The agency arrested Manoj Shirure for allegedly playing a key role in facilitating three students, including the son of Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) Coaching Institute founder Shivraj Motegaonkar, in getting the chemistry questions from NEET paper setter P.V. Kulkarni, they said.
Mr. Motegaonkar, who ran the RCC in Latur, was recently arrested in the case.
The agency also arrested Tejas Harshadkumar Shah, a physics teacher at Dr. Abhang Prabhu Medical Academy (APMA), a Pune-based coaching centre, the officials said.
Mr. Shah allegedly received the leaked physics questions for NEET-UG 2026 from arrested accused Manisha Havaldar, they said.
With this, the total number of arrests made in the paper leak case went up to 13, the officials said.
“The investigation to unearth the chain as well as the conspiracy in this case is ongoing. The CBI has so far conducted searches at 49 locations and seized several incriminating documents, laptops, and mobile phones,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
Manisha Waghmare, a beauty salon owner, was arrested on May 14 for allegedly facilitating the distribution of the leaked Chemistry and Biology questions. The others arrested are Dhananjay Lokhande from Ahilyanagar and Shubham Khairnar from Nashik in Maharashtra; Mangilal Biwal, Vikas Biwal, and Dinesh Biwal from Jaipur, Rajasthan; and Yash Yadav from Gurugram, Haryana.
On May 12, the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET, held on May 3 for medical admissions amid allegations of paper leak. A re-examination has been scheduled for June 21.
With PTI inputs
Published – May 27, 2026 11:17 am IST
