Latur Coaching Owner Paid ₹5 Lakh to Procure NEET Questions From NTA Paper-Setter, Says CBI
CBI says handwritten chemistry questions on Motegaonkar’s phone matched 111 items from NTA master sets, and 13 people have been arrested.
- On Wednesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation told a special court that Latur-based coaching owner Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar paid Rs 5 lakh to procure leaked chemistry questions for the NEET-UG 2026 examination from National Testing Agency panel member P V Kulkarni.
- Investigators recovered a Samsung Fold phone from Motegaonkar containing 36 images with 132 handwritten questions, 111 of which matched NTA master sets; metadata showed the photos were captured on April 23, 2026, ahead of the May 3 examination.
- Kulkarni, an NTA translator with full access to question papers, allegedly funneled the leak through Manoj Bhagwanrao Shirure at a Latur hospital, where Motegaonkar obtained the materials on April 23, the agency alleged.
- Following the May 12 cancellation of the NEET-UG exam and a June 21 re-exam, the agency has arrested 13 individuals, including Motegaonkar and Shirure, who remain in judicial custody fighting bail applications.
- Authorities are pursuing charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the Public Examinations Act, as the investigation expands following Rajasthan's initial findings of a "guess paper" circulating online.
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The CBI has made a major disclosure in the NEET paper leak case. Investigations have found that 111 questions recovered from the accused's mobile phone matched the original question paper. Meanwhile, the agency has claimed that a payment of ₹5 lakh was made for the paper leak.
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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In its reply filed before Special Judge Ajay Gupta at the Rouse Avenue Court, the CBI stated that Motegaonkar, who runs the RCC Classes in Latur, Maharashtra, allegedly paid Rs 5 lakh to Prahalad Kulkarni--a chemistry paper setter engaged by the National Testing Agency (NTA)--to procure the question paper. India News | NEET UG 2026 Case: CBI Opposes Bail for Latur Coaching Owner; Alleges Rs 5…
Coaching owner paid Rs 5 lakh to NTA panel member for NEET questions: CBI
The CBI has revealed that Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, a coaching centre owner arrested in the NEET paper leak case, allegedly paid Rs 5 lakh to an NTA panel member, P V Kulkarni, for leaked chemistry questions. The agency recovered handwritten notes matching NTA's master question sets from Motegaonkar's phone, taken days before the exam.
CBI: Latur coaching owner paid Rs 5 lakh for NEET questions
New Delhi: Latur-based coaching centre owner Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, arrested by the CBI in the NEET paper leak case, had allegedly paid Rs 5 lakh to procure chemistry questions from P V Kulkarni, who was on the National Testing Agency (NTA) panel that set the questions for the examination, the central agency told a special court on Wednesday, July 15. The agency alleged that Motegaonkar’s son attended the coaching classes of Kulkarni whe…
Rs 5 lakh bribe to paper-setter, 111 questions matched: CBI in NEET leak case
The CBI told a special court that a Latur coaching centre owner allegedly paid Rs 5 lakh for leaked NEET chemistry questions. The claim strengthens the prosecution's case as the agency opposes bail and cites matched handwritten notes.
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