The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two more accused persons in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case and conducted searches at 14 locations to track down the suspects. The agency has not yet ruled out the role of any public servant.
The arrested accused have been identified as ayurveda practitioner Dhananjay Lokhande from Ahilyanagar and beauty salon owner Manisha Waghmare from Pune in Maharashtra. The State police had detained the two accused and handed them over to the CBI.
NEET exam leak: Delhi court sends five accused to seven-day CBI custody
The five accused earlier arrested by the agency were produced before a special Delhi court that sent them to seven days’ CBI custody for interrogation. They have been identified as Mangilal Biwal, Vikas Biwal and Dinesh Biwal from Jaipur, Rajasthan; Yash Yadav from Gurugram, Haryana; and Shubham Khairnar from Nashik in Maharashtra.
While the agency is yet to unearth the entire conspiracy, it is suspected that Mr. Shubham provided the “guess” paper to Mr. Yash, who supplied it to Mangilal Biwal for his younger son. It is alleged that Mr. Yash knew Mangilal’s elder son Vikas from a coaching centre in Sikar, Rajasthan. Subsequently, the question paper was distributed among others.
