How WhatsApp clue, Mygate trail help CBI crack NEET paper leak
The CBI successfully cracked the NEET-UG paper leak case by analyzing WhatsApp messages and digital logs from a residential access control app. The investigation revealed that a subject expert leaked exam questions to students in exchange for money.
Why it matters
The case exposes vulnerabilities in high-stakes testing logistics and demonstrates how digital forensics can be used to uncover organized academic fraud.
NEW DELHI: A seemingly innocuous WhatsApp message from a parent asking chemistry professor PV Kulkarni for his address to gift him a watch rang the first alarm-bells for CBI sleuths probing the NEET-UG paper leak. What followed was a scan of an access control app used in residential societies (Mygate) and analysis of a WhatsApp group named 'Fifa world cup', which helped the agency trace the students who bought papers and ultimately the question setters who leaked them.The chargesheet filed by CBI revealed that Mygate app logs confirmed the presence of students in the apartment of the arrested accused Kulkarni. The logs matched mobile logs, corroborating their location.Kulkarni was engaged as a subject expert (chemistry) by NTA for NEET-UG 2026 - the medical entrance exam being cancelled on May 3 due to a paper leak.
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