Rajasthan brothers leaked NEET papers for years, 5 family members got 2025 paper

Shocking revelations have emerged during the interrogation of the accused in the NEET paper leak case. Investigators believe brothers Mangi Lal and Dinesh Bival, key suspects accused of circulating leaked papers to coaching institutes in Rajasthan’s Sikar ahead of the NEET-UG exam on May 3, had also leaked and sold medical entrance exam papers in previous years.Investigators further found that all five children of the Bival family had allegedly received the NEET 2025 question paper before the examination.Vikas Bival, son of the alleged kingpin Mangilal and currently pursuing MBBS at Sawai Madhopur Medical College, is also accused of being involved in selling the leaked paper further ahead in the chain. Investigators say Rs 65 lakh was paid to procure and distribute the paper in advance. Yash Yadav from Haryana, who was studying in Sikar, allegedly came into contact with Mangilal’s family during his preparation period there.According to investigators, the papers were sourced through a Maharashtra-based network. Agencies are now probing the larger “forward-to-forward” distribution chain behind the operation.Three persons arrested from Maharashtra, including a woman, were allegedly part of an admission counsellors’ ring and also come from families with medical backgrounds.Shubham Khairnar, identified as the source of the leaked paper, is himself a medical student and the son of a practising doctor. Dhananjay Lokhande’s brother is a practising doctor, while Manisha Waghmare’s husband is a dentist.The prime accused, Shubham Khairnar, is a third-year Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) student. He allegedly handed over the leaked paper to Yash Yadav in Gurugram, from where Yadav further circulated it to Rajasthan-based Mangilal Biwal, who had allegedly purchased the paper for his son Vikas Biwal and his nephews.Investigating agencies still believe that the entire racket was orchestrated by the coaching mafia, with those arrested so far being only part of a much larger network.Coaching institutes in Sikar are also under scrutiny as officials attempt to identify the influential individuals for whom the Bival family allegedly worked.Officials believe the NEET 2026 paper leak case is not an ordinary leak but part of a years-long organised parallel network. According to investigators, the racket came to light this year because one member of the network deviated from his assigned role and due to intense competition among coaching centres in Sikar. Otherwise, officials believe the matter could have been suppressed like in previous years.The leak was allegedly exposed after Dinesh’s son Rishi distributed the papers. Sources said a rival coaching institute, along with a PG accommodation operator, had alerted the National Testing Agency (NTA) about the irregularities amid an ongoing “coaching war” in Sikar.- EndsInputs from Dviyesh SinghPublished By: Sayan GangulyPublished On: May 15, 2026 10:51 IST