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NEW DELHI : Latur-based coaching centre owner Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, arrested by the CBI in the NEET paper leak case, allegedly paid Rs 5 lakh to procure chemistry questions from P V Kulkarni, who was on the National Testing Agency (NTA) panel that set the questions for the examination, the agency told a special court.
The agency alleged on Wednesday that Motegaonkar’s son attended the coaching classes of Kulkarni where the questions were provided.
In its response to a bail application filed by Motegaonkar, the agency alleged that he, “in conspiracy with the co-accused, procured NEET (UG) leaked chemistry questions prior to exam, and paid Rs 5 lakh for the same”.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recovered Motegaonkar’s phone in which 36 images (five duplicate images) containing 132 handwritten questions of chemistry were found, the agency said.
It has found that 111 of these questions allegedly match with the questions in the NTA’s master question sets prepared for NEET (UG) 2026, the CBI said in its response.
“Incriminating notes of chemistry questions relating to NEET UG 2026, allegedly in the handwriting of …Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar was recovered from his mobile phone. The money allegedly paid for sourcing the leaked questions was recovered by CBI at the instance of co-accused Manoj Bhagwanrao Shirure,” the agency said.
The agency has arrested 13 persons in the case, all of whom are in judicial custody.
On May 12, the NTA cancelled the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG, held on May 3 for medical admissions amid allegations of paper leak. A re-exam was then held on June 21. (Agencies)
