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The counsels for the accused sought time to study the chargesheet, following which the court deferred the hearing. The next hearing has been scheduled for August 18.

His comment came after weekslong Cockroach Janta Party-led protests over paper leaks, which led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union Education Minister.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Gen Z are "apne log" and their protests should be addressed with dialogue, not labeled anti-national. He called Gen Z "more honest" and said he trusts them. Comments came after student protests over NEET paper leaks.

The agency has filed a chargesheet before the Special CBI Court at Rouse Avenue, Delhi, naming 13 accused, including three NTA subject experts, coaching operators, middlemen and candidates.

The CBI chargesheet alleges that three NEET-UG 2026 subject experts used chits, memory and NCERT books to retain questions during NTA translation work, while also pointing to security lapses at the agency's headquarters.

Across 11 states, families recount final conversations, farewell notes, and the unanswered questions they live with every day.

According to the CBI, the NEET UG leaked paper was also circulated to a large number of students through a coaching network operating in Sikar, Rajasthan. It is alleged that on the night of May 2--prior to the exam--a PDF file was distributed among 40 to 50 students.

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded that the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak was the result of a well-coordinated, multi-state criminal conspiracy in which confidential question papers were leaked by National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts and circulated through a network of middlemen to candidates in return for large sums of money.

CBI chargesheet details NEET-UG 2026 paper leak involving NTA experts and intermediaries.

Before reaching candidates, the confidential material went through subject experts, private brokers and operators, according to the probe by CBI. | India News