New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a Latur-based doctor and a physics faculty member of a Pune coaching institute in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said on Wednesday.
The agency arrested Manoj Shirure for allegedly facilitating three students, including the son of Renukai Career Centre (RCC) founder Shivraj Motegaonkar, in obtaining chemistry questions from NEET paper setter P.V. Kulkarni. Motegaonkar was recently arrested in the case.
The CBI also arrested Tejas Harshadkumar Shah, a faculty member at Dr Abhang Prabhu Medical Academy (APMA) in Pune. He allegedly received leaked physics questions from another accused, Manisha Havaldar. With these arrests, the total number of accused held in the case has risen to 13.
The agency said the investigation was ongoing to establish the chain of events and the larger conspiracy. It has conducted searches at 49 locations and seized documents, laptops and mobile phones.
Earlier, the National Testing Agency cancelled the NEET-UG examination held on May 3 amid allegations of a paper leak. A re-examination has been scheduled for June 21.
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