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A Delhi tribunal connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) extended the CBI custody of accused Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar by 2 much days and remanded different accused, Manisha Mandhare, to judicial custody successful the alleged NEET-UG 2026 insubstantial leak case.
Special Judge Ajay Gupta was proceeding the agency's plea to interrogate some the accused and allowed the plea.
Seeking hold of Hawaldar's custody, the Special Public Prosecutor V.K. Pathak submitted that she was empanelled arsenic a physics translator by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and had allegedly, successful conspiracy with different accused persons, unauthorisedly retained and distributed the NEET-UG introspection insubstantial for monetary consideration.
He told the tribunal that her custodial interrogation was indispensable to place different accused persons allegedly progressive successful the conspiracy and to further analyse the case.
Opposing the plea, Hawaldar's counsel argued that she had been arrested connected May 22 and had cooperated with the investigation. He contended that determination was nary request for further constabulary custody and sought her remand to judicial custody.
The court, however, allowed the CBI's plea and extended Hawaldar's custody by 2 days.
Distributed insubstantial for money
In the lawsuit of Mandhare, the CBI submitted that she was required to beryllium confronted with different accused persons and students allegedly linked to the case. The bureau alleged that Mandhare, successful conspiracy with different accused, had retained the introspection insubstantial and distributed it for money.
After proceeding the submissions, the tribunal remanded Mandhare to 14 days' judicial custody.
Meanwhile, the tribunal besides issued announcement to the CBI connected the bail exertion filed by different accused, Manisha Waghmare, who sought alleviation connected aesculapian grounds citing illness.
The tribunal directed the bureau to record its effect and posted the substance for proceeding connected June 5.
The lawsuit forms portion of the wider CBI probe into alleged irregularities successful the NEET-UG introspection and the alleged insubstantial leak network.
The CBI has arrested 13 persons truthful acold successful transportation with the matter.
Special coaching classes
According to the CBI, P.V. Kulkarni, a chemistry lecturer successful Pune and alleged kingpin, was progressive successful the NEET process connected behalf of the NTA and had entree to the question papers.
The bureau said earlier that during the past week of April, Kulkarni mobilised students with the assistance of Manisha Waghmare, and conducted peculiar coaching classes for them astatine his location successful Pune.
The CBI had earlier arrested Doctor Manoj Shirure and physics teacher Tejas Harshadkumar Shah. Both were sent to constabulary custody till June 1.
Manisha Sanjay Havaldar was the 11th idiosyncratic arrested successful the case.
The different accused were identified arsenic Shubham Khairnar, the archetypal arrestee from Nashik, Mangilal Khatik, Vikas and Dinesh Biwal, each 3 arrested from Jaipur, Yash Yadav, arrested from Gurugram, and Dhananjay Lokhande, arrested from Ahilyanagar successful Maharashtra.
On May 16, the CBI arrested biology lecturer Manisha Mandhare, who was portion of the NTA paper-setting committee.
On May 12, the NTA cancelled the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), oregon NEET, held connected May 3 for aesculapian admissions amid allegations of insubstantial leak. A re-examination has been scheduled for June 21.
