Pune, 16 May

(HS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested another suspect in the

NEET paper leakage case. Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, a teacher in Botany in a

college in Pune was arrested in Delhi.

Mandhare is an

expert in Botany appointed by the National Examination Council. She had

complete knowledge about NEET paper in Botany and Zoology, and also had access

to question papers in these subjects.

During

investigation CBI found that Manisha Mandhare with Mainsha Waghmare from Pune

had collected some students at her residence for a special coaching. The

classes were held in April 2026. She marked questions in the textbooks of the

students, most of which appeared in the NEET held on May 3.

Action against

Waghmare has already been taken on May 14. CBI also arrested a teacher in

Chemistry Prof P V Kulkarni in connection with the paper leakage from Pune on

Friday.

The paper

leakage has wider connection spread in various states.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar