NEET paper leak case: Sikar becomes center of CBI investigation, network spread from Nashik to Kerala

New Delhi: The NEET-UG exam held on May 3 was canceled by the National Testing Agency due to paper leak. Due to this decision, the future of more than 22 lakh students hangs in balance and there were strong protests in many cities including Delhi.

Now Sikar has become the biggest center of CBI investigation in this case, which is being called the new Kota of Rajasthan. The investigation by the Special Operations Group of Rajasthan Police has revealed a network extending from Nashik to Sikar and then to the entire country.

Leak game started from Nashik Printing Press 

According to media reports, investigating agencies suspect that the NEET-UG paper was leaked directly from the printing press of Nashik. According to sources, a person associated with the press put the paper in a chain network. From there it reached a doctor sitting in Gurugram. After this, a person named Khatik, resident of Jamwa Ramgarh, Jaipur, bought the paper from the doctor. CBI has taken into custody the suspect associated with the printing press.

Link became Sikar’s counselor 

From Ramgarh the paper reached Rakesh Kumar Mandawariya of Sikar. Rakesh works as MBBS counseling agent outside big coaching institutes. From here the paper spread through one-to-one network to the coaching centers of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Kerala and Uttarakhand. Investigation revealed that the paper "gas paper" It was distributed after telling. Actually these are practice papers prepared by tutors based on the trends of previous years.

Paper sold for Rs 30 thousand to Rs 28 lakh 

This paper was circulating about 15 days before the exam. It was sold to students preparing for medicine for Rs 30 thousand to Rs 28 lakh. A student from Nagaur came to Sikar four days before the examination on May 3, 2026 and paid Rs 28 lakh for the paper. During interrogation he told that he had received a call from Delhi that "the paper has arrived".

The secret of the network was revealed due to greed 

The paper mafia network works in a very secret manner, but this time it was exposed due to greed for money. Rakesh sold the paper for Rs 30 thousand to his friend who was a student of Sikar doing MBBS in Kerala. A day before the exam, the student sent the paper to his father. His father runs a PG in Sikar.

"Papa, this will come in tomorrow’s exam" 

The student wrote in the message, “Papa, a friend from Sikar has sent this. Give this to the girls of your hostel. This will come in tomorrow’s exam.” The PG operator distributed the paper among the girls without thinking. After the exam on May 3, he got a coaching teacher to check how many questions matched.

All questions of Biology-Chemistry were found exactly. 

The surprising thing was that all 90 questions of Biology and all 45 questions of Chemistry asked in NEET were included in the total of 281 questions. "gas paper" Were in. There are total 180 questions in NEET. Investigation revealed that 45 questions of Chemistry were in the same order as they were in the actual paper. Even commas and full stops were not changed.

Complaint reached IB from NTA 

After knowing the truth, the PG operator went to Udyog Nagar police station in Sikar, but the police dismissed it as a rumour. After this he informed NTA. NTA informed the Intelligence Bureau and IB alerted Rajasthan Police. SOG started investigation and detained 15 people including the PG operator. Raids were also conducted in Dehradun and Jhunjhunu. MBBS counselor Rakesh is also in custody.

Sikar becomes new base of paper mafia 

The investigation is now focused on Sikar and Jaipur. Due to decrease in admissions in Kota, students are going to Sikar, due to which it has become a big coaching hub. Agencies suspect that Sikar is becoming the new center of the paper leak network. Even though the paper was leaked first in Jaipur, it spread the most in Sikar. Now agencies are trying to reach the mastermind of this network.