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The National Testing Agency (NTA) connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) dismissed arsenic "false" and "fraudulent" claims circulating connected societal media astir alleged leak oregon merchantability of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination question insubstantial and warned of strict enactment against those spreading specified content.
The NEET-UG retest is scheduled for June 21.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has noted definite messages circulating connected societal media and messaging platforms claiming a "leak," beforehand access, oregon "sale" of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination question paper.
These claims are false, fraudulent, and intended to mislead.
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In a connection on X, the bureau said messages claiming a "leak", beforehand entree oregon "sale" of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination insubstantial were aimed astatine misleading students and parents.
"The National Testing Agency (NTA) has noted definite messages circulating connected societal media and messaging platforms claiming a 'leak', beforehand entree oregon 'sale' of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination question paper," the NTA said.
"These claims are false, fraudulent and intended to mislead," the NTA said, adding that specified contented was being circulated by "organised cheating rackets" seeking to exploit the anxiousness of candidates and their families by selling fake question papers.
"Such contented is the enactment of organised cheating rackets that prey connected the anxiousness of students and their families. Their nonsubjective is to extort wealth by selling fake 'papers', and each specified assertion circulating is simply a fabrication," the bureau added.
"The integrity of the introspection process is afloat intact, and each safeguard is successful spot to guarantee a just and unafraid introspection for each candidates," the bureau said.
The NTA said it was actively identifying and reporting the offending channels, accounts and contented to the platforms and cyber-crime authorities for contiguous takedown and action.
The bureau further said it was filing a ceremonial ailment with law-enforcement and cyber-crime authorities, informing that creating, circulating oregon forwarding specified fraudulent contented and attempting to defraud students constituted a superior punishable offence.
"Strict enactment volition beryllium taken against those responsible," it said.
Candidates and parents person been advised not to prosecute with, wage for oregon guardant specified messages and not to autumn prey to these "fraudulent solicitations".
It besides said to trust lone connected authoritative communications issued done NTA's verified channels.
"We impulse each aspirants to disregard these rumours and to trust solely connected authoritative connection issued by NTA done its verified website and channels," the connection said.
"To each campaigner appearing for NEET (UG) 2026 — absorption connected your mentation with confidence. Your hard enactment is what matters, and NTA stands committed to conducting a fair, unafraid and credible examination," it added.
The NEET-UG for admissions into aesculapian courses took spot connected May 3 this twelvemonth but was cancelled by the NTA connected May 12 amid allegations of a insubstantial leak.
The CBI is presently investigating this matter.
