Overview
- A special CBI judge ordered on Saturday that physics translator Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar remain in CBI custody for two more days and remanded biology lecturer Manisha Mandhare to 14 days' judicial custody, while the court issued notice on Manisha Waghmare's bail petition and listed it for June 5.
- The CBI has arrested 13 people so far and is seeking further custodial interrogation to identify additional suspects and locations where questions were allegedly shown to candidates.
- Investigators allege a distribution chain that began with Pune chemistry lecturer P. V. Kulkarni and ran through intermediaries including Manisha Waghmare, Dhananjay Lokhande and Shubham Khairnar to distributors such as Yash Yadav and Mangilal Khatik, with reported money deals for the paper.
- Authorities report they recovered PDF copies of Physics, Chemistry and Biology papers via Telegram, WhatsApp chats, seized mobile devices and bank statements that the CBI says will be forensically examined as evidence.
- The NTA cancelled the May 3 NEET‑UG exam and has set a re‑examination for June 21, a decision that delays medical admissions and places pressure on investigators and the testing agency to restore trust in the exam process.