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CBI chargesheet: NTA experts face life term for NEET-UG leak
The CBI on July 28 filed a chargesheet in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, naming three NTA subject experts who face life imprisonment and a Rs 1 crore fine. Digital evidence…
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The CBI on July 28 filed a chargesheet in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, naming three NTA subject experts who face life imprisonment and a Rs 1 crore fine. Digital evidence from a Pune society's access-control app helped establish that chemistry expert PV Kulkarni and others held special coaching classes for students just days before the May 3 exam. The chargesheet says the experts exploited procedural loopholes at the NTA's Okhla office, where paper setting, translation and back-translation took place, to reconstruct and leak questions for money. The leaked material matched up to 85% of certain paper sets.
The Indian Opinion
The chargesheet paints a picture of trusted insiders turning confidential work into a cash-for-questions racket. Yet the narrative that this is a failure of a few individuals ignores the procedural lapses at the NTA's Okhla office that the CBI itself flags. The experts signed secrecy pacts but still ran coaching classes and reconstructed papers from memory. The real test will be whether the NTA can overhaul its security protocols to prevent a repeat, or if the system will again rely on post-exam cancellations.
Sources (2): livemint.com, timesnownews.com
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