Delhi Police has constituted a Special Task Force (STF) under its Crime Branch to investigate paper leaks and other examination-related offences, acting under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, according to a press note issued by the force on Friday.The STF has been set up with the approval of the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, and will be headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch. The Special Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, will exercise overall supervision and administrative control over its functioning, the press note said.Also read: CJP protest: 215 taken into preventive custody as Delhi Police flags ‘bad characters’; intelligence inputs prompt actionThe task force will probe offences relating to examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), the National Testing Agency (NTA), various central government ministries and departments, and any other authority notified by the Centre from time to time.Delhi Police said the STF will conduct "prompt, professional, and comprehensive investigations" into such offences and will coordinate with prosecuting agencies to ensure cases move on a day-to-day basis in trial courts, with the aim of delivering speedy justice.The formation of the STF comes against the backdrop of weeks of unrest over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2026 medical entrance exam. Student groups, under the banner of the ‘Chalo Sansad Jantar Mantar’ (CJP) protest, have been demonstrating in the capital for over three weeks, demanding accountability from the NTA and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The Centre has already moved on multiple fronts this week. The National Testing Agency terminated 47 officials as part of a major internal overhaul following the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy, with further action expected against more officials as the agency restructures its operations. The report added that the NTA was also considering legal and criminal action against some of the terminated officials, and that its outsourcing model would be revamped.Also read: Delhi Police cancels routine leave amid law and order concerns over CJP protestsSeparately, the Supreme Court on Friday examined petitions seeking structural changes in the NTA, with a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe asking the Centre and the agency to file a fresh affidavit detailing progress on examination reforms, including measures on transparency, digital infrastructure, security and institutional governance. The court indicated it would closely monitor the reform process and stressed that examination security could not keep depending on ad hoc responses after every controversy, adjourning the matter to August 3.