Court allows CBI plea seeking further probe into NEET leak
The order was passed by Fast-track court Special Judge Ajay Gupta, in response to an application moved by the federal agency
A Delhi court on Friday permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue investigating the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case and examine additional forensic evidence related to other individuals involved in the alleged exam syndicate. The decision was made by Fast-track court Special Judge Ajay Gupta, in response to an application submitted by the federal agency.
The CBI had earlier filed a charge sheet against 13 accused in the alleged NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak case, alleging that its investigation traced the leak from the paper setters to the beneficiaries and uncovered the entire conspiracy. The prosecution argued that certain digital evidence had emerged from the electronic devices of the accused, necessitating an expert opinion from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to analyze the data.
The CBI informed the court that the received evidence would be analyzed and submitted as a supplementary charge sheet. The fast-track court previously deemed three subject experts guilty of criminal breach of trust towards the National Testing Authority (NTA), which had hired them for translating the NEET-UG 2026 examination, despite signing an undertaking not to disclose the questions to anyone.
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