Kochi: The CBI on Saturday arrested a Biology teacher Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, from Pune in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, Times of India reported.
According to the CBI, Mandhare had been appointed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an expert and she had access to Botany and Zoology question papers.
Mandhare conducted special coaching classes for students at her Pune residence, during which she allegedly disclosed several Botany and Zoology questions and asked students to note them down in notebooks and textbooks.
The agency said a majority of those questions resembled the actual NEET-UG 2026 question paper of the NEET examination conducted on May 3.
Biology teacher held in NEET case
