The ongoing NEET-UG 2026 paper leak investigation has an update. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has publicly admitted that attempts were made to leak the examination paper and revealed that a whistleblower had alerted officials days before the exam controversy exploded nationwide.
As pressure mounted over the cancellation of the May 3 NEET-UG examination, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officially registered a case in the scandal and has now taken over the probe. A CBI team is already coordinating with the Special Operations Group (SOG) and is expected to question NTA officials while also seizing key documents linked to the conduct of the examination.
In a major revelation, the NTA Chief confirmed that the agency received a message from a whistleblower on the night of May 7 regarding a suspicious “guess paper” being circulated online.
According to the NTA, the whistleblower claimed that multiple questions in the circulated PDF closely matched the actual NEET-UG paper. Officials then began verifying the claims internally.
“We sprang into action to verify the whistleblower’s claims,” the NTA Chief said, adding that the cancellation of the exam was necessary to protect the...
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