Following the emergence of a Latur connection to the NEET paper leak case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has expanded its investigation. The CBI team raided the home and other locations associated with a private coaching class operator in Latur city. This action has created a stir in the educational sector.
According to information received, investigating agencies suspect that question papers were provided to some students before the NEET exam. Against this backdrop, the CBI has begun questioning several suspects in Latur and is examining financial transactions, mobile call records, and digital evidence.
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Preliminary information from the investigation revealed that the private coaching class operator had connections with some of the accused. Subsequently, the CBI raided his home and office and seized computers, mobile phones, hard drives, documents, and other electronic equipment.
Following this action, several private coaching institutes in Latur are worried. Investigating agencies are now investigating the paper leak racket's connections to other states, financial transactions, and how the question papers reached the students.
With the total number of arrests in the case reaching seven, investigators are trying to ascertain whether the breach happened from within the high-security chain of custody that had access to the question papers before the May 3 exam.
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The CBI arrested Manisha Waghmare, a beauty parlour owner, from the Sukhsagar Nagar area of Pune. It is alleged that Waghmare acted as a middleman for Dhananjay. The investigation revealed that money was transferred to Waghmare from approximately two dozen bank accounts before the exam.
Meanwhile, a retired professor who was detained in Latur was associated with Dayanand Sagar College. According to sources, this professor was part of the translation panel that translated the question paper into Marathi.
NEET is conducted in 13 languages, and strict confidentiality has to be maintained during the translation process. The National Testing Agency had cancelled the May 3 examination following allegations of a paper leak, impacting over 22 lakh candidates. The matter is currently under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), amid concerns over the integrity of the examination process.