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A Delhi tribunal connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) sent accused Shubham Khairnar to judicial custody till June 6 successful the NEET insubstantial leak case.
Special Judge Ruchi Aggarwal Asrani allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea seeking judicial custody of the accused.
The national bureau said that the accused persons, including Mr. Khairnar, were "actively" progressive successful the leakage of NEET-UG 2026 introspection questions anterior to the commencement of the examination.
In its remand paper, the CBI said, "For the intent of conducting investigation, the arrested accused persons are required to beryllium successful judicial custody to forestall tampering with grounds and power upon witnesses connected with the investigation."
The bureau said that judicial custody was besides needed to forestall the accused from absconding, destroying carnal oregon integer evidence, and engaging successful "further committee of akin offences involving leakage of questions."
"The lawsuit is presently astatine the archetypal signifier of investigation, and judicial custody is required successful the involvement of the case. It is further submitted that the constabulary custody remand whitethorn beryllium required [of Kairnar] successful the probe again, arsenic per the ineligible provisions, depending connected developments successful the case," the plea said.
Earlier, connected May 14, a tribunal had sent Mr. Khairnar and 4 others to CBI custody for 7 days, observing that the allegations indicated the relation of an "organised gang" progressive successful leaking and circulating confidential introspection papers for monetary gain.
Mr. Khairnar's custodial interrogation was extended by 5 days connected May 20 aft the CBI stated that the accused needed to beryllium further examined to place and apprehend different co-accused to whom helium had sold the NEET-UG 2026 papers.
The bureau besides cited the request to retrieve and analyse integer devices and evidence, including connection records and fiscal way connected to the "paper leak network".
The CBI had further submitted that the larger conspiracy and root of the leaked question insubstantial had to beryllium unearthed, and the accused had to beryllium taken to assorted parts of the country, including Nasik successful Maharashtra.
According to the CBI, Mr. Khairnar besides had to beryllium interrogated to place locations wherever questions were revealed to definite candidates.
Meanwhile, tribunal sources said that Pune-based physics lecturer Manisha Sanjay Havaldar, arrested connected Friday (May 22, 2026), was presently successful transit remand and is apt to beryllium produced earlier the tribunal acrophobic connected Monday (May 25).
They added that 5 different accused volition besides beryllium produced earlier the tribunal aft their CBI custody ends connected May 25.
The CBI has truthful acold arrested 10 accused successful the case.
The NEET (UG) 2026 exam for admittance to undergraduate courses successful aesculapian colleges, held connected May 3, was cancelled 2 days aboriginal amid allegations of insubstantial leak.
The authorities has asked the CBI to transportation retired a broad enquiry into the "irregularities".
