Education Minister in action after the uproar over NEET paper leak, called a high level meeting late at night, know what was discussed

Students in many states of the country including Delhi are protesting regarding the NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak issue. Meanwhile, an important meeting was held at the residence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan late night on Thursday (14 May 2026) in which a detailed discussion was held regarding the upcoming NEET exam. In this meeting, all the big officials related to education gathered together and the preparations for the examination were reviewed.

These officers were present in the meeting

Many other senior officials including Commissioner (Higher Education), Secretary (School Education), Director General of National Testing Agency i.e. NTA, Chairman of CBSE, Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) were present in this meeting. According to sources, every aspect related to the conduct of NEET exam was discussed in depth in the meeting. Official information about the decisions taken in the meeting has not been revealed yet.

Five accused in CBI custody for seven days

A Delhi court sent five accused arrested in the NEET-UG paper leak case to seven-day CBI custody for questioning. The court has also commented that these allegations indicate that an ‘organized gang’ was involved in leaking confidential question papers of the examination and circulating them for financial gain.

Special judge for CBI cases Ajay Gupta accepted the federal agency’s plea seeking permission to interrogate Yash Yadav, Mangilal Khatik, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal and Shubham Madhukar Khairnar in seven days’ custody.

The court said in its order, ‘There is an aspect of a big conspiracy in this case and the investigation is still in the initial stage. Custody of the accused has been sought to expose the entire conspiracy as well as to arrest all the active members of this organized question paper leak gang and to recover material proving their involvement in the crime.

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