# CBI chargesheet details NEET-UG paper leak modus operandi

2026-08-07T09:26:59+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

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The CBI has filed a chargesheet in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, accusing three NTA subject experts of exploiting security gaps to extract confidential questions and leak them for financial gain. The agency's probe relied on digital forensic evidence including an access control app from a Pune housing society, call data records, and analysis of leaked question papers. The CBI alleges that chemistry expert P V Kulkarni used rough sheets to smuggle questions on chits, while physics expert Manisha Sanjay Havaldar and zoology-botany expert Manisha Gurunath Mandhare memorised questions and reconstructed them in hotel rooms.

## Coverage

- nationalheraldindia.com <https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/security-lapses-at-nta-enabled-neet-ug-question-leaks-says-cbi-chargesheet>
- thehindu.com <https://www.thehindu.com/education/how-the-neet-can-be-restructured-to-end-question-paper-leaks/article71279765.ece>
- rediff.com <https://www.rediff.com/news/report/neet-ug-paper-leak-chargesheet-cites-accuseds-gate-control-app-digital-trail/20260807.htm>
- ndtvprofit.com <https://www.ndtvprofit.com/india/neet-ug-2026-paper-leak-chits-subject-experts-the-leak-modus-operandi-11878177#publisher=newsstand>
- indiatvnews.com <https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neet-ug-2026-questions-leaked-3-days-before-exam-cbi-charge-sheet-makes-big-revelations-2026-08-07-1050680>

Tags: CBI, exam security, NEET-UG, NTA, paper leak
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