NEET paper leak: CBI searches houses of three students in Nagpur, Chandrapur

The CBI has searched the residences of three students in Nagpur and Chandrapur districts as part of its probe into the NEET paper leak. The agency has also taken into custody a tutor from Latur and suspects that one thousand students may have purchased the leaked paper.

The Economic Offences Wing of the CBI in New Delhi has registered a case related to the leak of the NEET biology and chemistry papers. On Monday (May 18, 2026), the agency took Prof. Shivraj Motegaonkar, the director of ‘RCC Classes’ in Latur, into custody.

On Tuesday (May 18, 2026), CBI teams carried out search operations in Nagpur. The action followed information received by the agency about mobile phone numbers of some students in the city.

A team from New Delhi, along with CBI personnel in Nagpur, raided the houses of two students from Nagpur and one student from Brahmapuri taluka in Chandrapur district. Documents and notes were seized from the premises. The CBI is checking the seized notes for any match with the leaked paper.

The agency suspects that one thousand students bought the paper in a fraud. It is also investigating whether the three students purchased the paper or forwarded it to others.

CBI teams are conducting search operations at places across the country, including in Nagpur and Chandrapur. However, agency sources said on condition of not being named that Nagpur is not the centre of the paper fraud. The probe is examining if three students from the Vidarbha region also bought the paper.