The investigation into the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak has revealed that the leaked question paper reached Rajasthan through Yash Yadav, who is among the five accused arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The five accused arrested so far have been identified as Mangilal Biwal, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal, Yash Yadav, and Shubham Khairnar.
NEET UG-2026 paper leak | Initial investigations have revealed that through Yash Yadav, the UG NEET paper reached Rajasthan. Yash knew Vikas Biwal. Vikas Biwal's father, Dinesh Biwal, scanned the hard copy of the question paper and made PDF files. The accused had handwritten the…
— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2026
According to ANI, Yash Yadav knew Vikas Biwal, whose father, Dinesh Biwal, scanned the hard copy of the question paper and made PDF files. The accused had handwritten the question paper and then scanned it. He then disseminated the question paper among students in various coaching centres in Sikar, Rajasthan. However, Yash Yadav, a student of the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences, did not clear the exam.
When the CBI questioned the owners and students at various coaching institutes, it was revealed that the students paid between ₹2 lakh and ₹5 lakh to access the question paper. Meanwhile, accused Shubham Khairnar denied being the mastermind behind the paper leak. The CBI has been trying to trace the source of the paper leak in the case, while also verifying the money trail.
Initially, the case was being investigated by Rajasthan’s Special Operations Group (SOG), which found that the origins of a guess paper containing questions similar to those asked in the exam were traced to a student from Sikar district. He was pursuing an MBBS in Kerala and went on to share it with his friends and a hostel owner. Later, the investigation of the case was handed over to the CBI at the direction of the government. Based on a written complaint received from the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education relating to the paper leak, the CBI registered a case on 12th May.
Three of the accused (Mangilal Biwal, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal) were arrested by the CBI from Jaipur and the other two were arrested from Gurugram (Yash Yadav) and Nashik (Shubham Khairnar). The Rajasthan SOG had arrested Yash Yadav, a resident of Khera village in the Farrukhnagar area, from his home.
Bihar police nabbed a gang connected to the paper leak
Separately, the Bihar police launched a crackdown on a gang connected to the paper leak and seized several electronic devices, including mobile phones and laptops. Confirming the action, Rajgir DSP Sunil Kumar Singh said that an examination of devices seized from the accused revealed a “money transaction trail”. The police have also identified several medical college students who are suspected of being involved in the paper leak.
“…we have seized mobile phones that have chats on them, and laptops. The chats reveal the money transaction trail. It also has information about students of other medical colleges…we have not found any question paper or guess paper on the phones…” Rajgir DSP Sunil Kumar Singh said.
‘Bigwigs being protected’, says Accused
Meanwhile, one of the accused, who was produced before the Magistrate on Wednesday (13th May), said that big shots involved in the case are being protected. As the accused was being taken by the CBI before a Magistrate in Jaipur, one of them said that bigwigs were being protected while ordinary people were being harassed.
