Ahmedabad Times

“Probe has revealed that Shirure obtained the Chemistry paper from accused P V Kulkarni, who’s already in custody, and handed it on to the scholars,” the spokesperson stated.

Kulkarni is the retired Chemistry trainer who was “related to NTA” and arrested in Pune.

The CBI has arrested two different lecturers, Manisha Mandhare and Manisha Sanjay Havaldar, within the case.

Tejas Shah, recognized as a college member at Dr Abhang Prabhu Medical Academy (APMA) in Pune, is accused of receiving the leaked Physics questions from one other arrested suspect, Manisha Havaldar. The company stated Shah subsequently handed on the fabric to college students attending the teaching centre.

The CBI launched an in depth investigation after preliminary allegations of irregularities within the NEET‑UG 2026 examination surfaced. As a part of the probe, the company has performed searches at 49 places throughout a number of cities and seized a variety of incriminating paperwork, laptops and cell phones. “Forensic evaluation of the seized digital units and paperwork is underway to reconstruct the community and set up the complete chain of the conspiracy,” officers stated.

In line with the CBI probe, Havaldar allegedly leaked the Physics questions, Kulkarni the Chemistry questions, and Mandhare the Botany and Zoology questions. “Mandhare was not solely concerned in setting the query paper but in addition in translating it; Kulkarni was additionally concerned in translating the paper into Marathi,” stated the supply.