We are all aware of the fact that exam leak has been a persistent issue since decades, exams are continously leaking and no authority is held accountable for that. Between 2002-2025 more than 45 exams including SSC GD, Railways Recruitment examination, U.P police and several state-level competitive exams. The recent NEET paper once again leaked after 2024 which create chaos among students showing serious lapse in security and corruption. NEET, a medical exam conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) failed to conduct exams fairly, According to investigation NEET question paper was leaked month before the schedule exam and allegedly circulating all over India.Despite this mass circulation of question paper authorities remains unaware and didn’t take any step to stop it. On 3rd May NTA void the NEET exam and announced to re-conduct another exam on 21st June.
The announcement of of re-test crate uncertainity and pressure among students which ultimately led to suicides. Reportedly many students took their life due to pressure of re-test and fear of not doing well in another re-exam. One such case is Akansha Chaturvedi from Nagpur, Maharastra whose father took loan of 3 lakh for her coaching, she took her life upon hearing this news leaving a apology letter stating. that she lack the courage to take a re-test, Pratik Kumar and Ritvik Kumar and there are more 11 reported cases of students’ s suicide.
NEET exam is a very reputed competitive medical exam it raked top 4 hardest exam of India.
This incident arises a very important question that if any authority is entrusted with such a competitive exam should they not be responsible for ensuring complete security of question paper and prevent it from leaks? Our security system is that weak, can’t they protect a exam paper successfully?
Leaks traces its origin from Nashik, Maharastra where the printing of examination paper was taking place. It was alleged that one staff secretly gives a copy of paper to a students who are alleged to connected to a large network. To prevent it from detection they didn’t scan the copy with mobile phone rather they use portable scanner and circulate the copies of paper through social media platform like whatsapp and telegram.
According to investigation done by Nashik Police, Shubham Khairnar a student of medical student buys a physical copy of the paper for Rs.10 lakh and after converting it into soft copy he reportedly sold it in Gurgaon for 15 lakh. In Gurgaon a handwritten guess paper drafted in which there was 410 questions out of which 120 questions later appeared in NEET, chemistry section, additional questions were mixed avoid any doubt on paper leak. Further a Gurgaon doctor on 26 April sold the guess paper for Rs.30 lakh to two brothers Mangilal and Dinesh Biwal (a member of BJP) of Rajasthan. One of them allegedly forwarded it to his son who was preparing for NEET and they also start selling to other students including a MBBS counselling Agent who distributed the paper to 700 students, a student of Sikar who was pursuing MBBS from Kerala was one of them who buys for it 30000 , he forwarded that guess paper to his father and asked him to circulate it in their owned Paying Guest Accomodation (PG). After the examination, the father verified the guess paper to a coaching teacher and find out that 135 questions matched out of 180 questions. Realising the actual leak of paper, he reached Sikar Udhyognagar Police Station to complain for leak but the police didn’t take his complain so he contacted NTA and complained about the leak.
The matter transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and a Special Operation Group (SOG) formed to address this issue. Vishal Bansal, ADGP, SOG found that there was a guess paper with 410 questions, and out of this 120 questions appeared in NEET exam in Chemistry section and he also added that students have access of this guess paper a month before NEET exam. On 12 may NTA void the NEET exam and individuals involving in NEET exam leak arrested by the Police. Students step down and protest over exam leak, protest is done in New Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Guwahati and a major demonstration taken by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar and outside the Headquarter of NTA asking for the resignation of Ministry of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan. Education Minister assured the students and motivate them for re-exam, stating that investigation is in the hands of CBI now and accused will punished accordingly. NEEt exam will be held again on 21st June and no registration fees will be taken from students.
The major question is UNTIL WHEN , until when these scandals will continue to take place in the nation. Exam leaks has become a serious issue in India, it lows down the motivation of youth who continuously studying hard and expects a job from government but what happens, government failed to conduct a fair exam and also no one is taking accountability of these scandals