NEET UG canceled due to fear of paper leak: Now CBI will investigate, exam was held this month

New Delhi, 12 May. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to cancel the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2026 due to fear of paper leak. Now this examination will be conducted again while the investigation of this case will be done by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

New exam dates will be announced soon

It is noteworthy that NEET-UG was held on the 3rd of this month. Controversy had increased regarding the leaking of its papers. After this NTA has decided to cancel the examination. The agency said in a statement issued on Tuesday that NEET UG, held on May 3, 2026, will now be conducted again. New exam dates will be announced soon.

Decision taken after reviewing the reports of investigating agencies

NTA said that this decision has been taken in continuation of the press release of May 10. According to the agency, on May 8, matters related to the examination were sent to central agencies for independent investigation and necessary action. After this, the inputs and investigation reports received from central investigating agencies and law enforcement agencies were reviewed. CBI inquiry has also been ordered into the paper leak.

The agency said that this step has been taken to maintain transparency in the exam system and to ensure fair and reliable examinations. The new exam date, schedule of admit card release and other important information will be released soon through the official website of the agency and other official mediums. NTA has appealed to students, parents and general public to rely only on official information.

More than 45 people detained so far in paper leak case

Meanwhile, the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police has so far detained more than 45 people in the NEET paper leak case. Raids and inquiries are going on in many states in the case. Till Monday, 13 suspects were detained in this case.

22 lakh students took part in NEET

This time around 22 lakh students had participated in NEET-UG. Now the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police is working on two big angles in the investigation of the paper leak case. First, the paper may have leaked during the printing of the exam question paper and the printing in the press. Secondly, the investigating agencies suspect that the question paper may have been leaked by someone associated with setting the paper. Considering the seriousness of the matter, the Central Government has handed over the investigation of this case to the CBI.

How the leak controversy came out of a guess paper?

It is noteworthy that this time the controversy is related to the alleged guess paper, regarding which questions were being raised on the National Testing Agency (NTA). It is claimed that before the examination, such a guess paper had reached the students, in which about 600 out of 720 questions were matching exactly with the real examination. This claim that came out after NEET UG had increased the concern of lakhs of students and parents.

Exactly 150 questions of 600 marks were included in the paper!

Rajasthan SOG’s investigation has revealed that there were about 410 questions in the guess paper. It is being claimed that about 150 of these questions, which were of total 600 marks, were asked exactly in the NEET UG 2026 paper. NEET UG exam is of total 720 marks and each question is of four marks, hence getting questions at such a high level is considered very serious. According to sources related to the investigation, the link of the so-called ‘Question Bank’ is being linked to a young man, who is currently studying MBBS in a medical college in Kerala.