The CBI’s NEET paper leak probe expanded to Maharashtra with 45 individuals detained in Latur and Nashik districts connected to the leak trail.
Investigators traced alleged distribution networks from Rajasthan into Maharashtra’s interior regions where coaching hubs concentrate exam-focused populations. Detentions allow questioning about how question papers moved before the NEET test date.
Latur and Nashik have large numbers of students preparing for competitive medical admissions each year. Police and agency teams coordinated raids across hostels, coaching centres, and residences suspected of storing digital or physical copies of leaked material.
Forty-five detentions mark one of the broadest single-day actions in the expanding federal investigation. Authorities must separate masterminds and brokers from candidates who may have purchased leaks under duress or ignorance of criminal liability.
Maharashtra’s cooperation with the CBI will be essential as trials approach and evidence from multiple states is consolidated into unified chargesheets.
Coaching institute owners in Latur and Nashik were among those questioned about whether staff facilitated leak access for enrolled students. The CBI is correlating phone metadata from detainees with timestamps when unauthorized NEET material circulated on encrypted messaging groups.
Judicial magistrates in Latur and Nashik authorized detention periods that allow the CBI to question suspects without mixing them with unrelated detainees.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NEET_controversy