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NEET UG 2024 Updates: Several workers, reportedly from the Congress student wing NSUI, or the National Students Union of India, barged into the Delhi office of the National Testing Agency amid allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities in this year's NEET-UG exams. In a video posted on X, several students could be seen entering a building that is claimed to be of NTA. 

Over 100 students from IYC protested against the controversy surrounding the NEET-UG exam. Allegations of paper leaks and irregularities have led to significant unrest among students and parents.

Youth Congress Chief BV Srinivas said, "Thousands of IYC workers have come out on the streets of Delhi today, becoming the voice of students suffering from the atrocities of paper leak."

Earlier in the day, the CBI made its first arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak case, taking into custody two persons from Patna, officials said Thursday. Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar allegedly provided safe premises to the aspirants before the examination, where they were given leaked papers and answer keys, reports news agency PTI.

A total of six FIRs have been filed by the probe body in the NEET paper leak case. The NEET-UG is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.

The test was conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 abroad. Over 23 lakh candidates appeared for the test. The first CBI FIR was registered on Sunday, a day after the ministry announced it would hand over the probe into the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam to the central agency.

The government has replaced the chief of the NTA and formed a committee to review and improve its functioning. The Supreme Court is also scheduled to hear petitions related to the issue on July 8.

(With input from agencies)