4 min read Mumbai , Pune , Sikar Updated: May 13, 2026 04:23 PM IST

An accused being taken into custody by CBI officials from the Nashik Crime Branch Unit-2 office in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, in Nashik on Tuesday. (ANI Video Grab)

As the investigation into the NEET-UG paper leak expands amid mounting outrage over the exam’s cancellation, several people have been detained in Maharashtra and Rajasthan in connection with the leak.

In Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar, a CBI team has taken into custody a Pune resident who allegedly provided the physical copy of the leaked question paper to Shubham Khairnar, a Nashik-based Ayurvedic medicine student.…