Overview
- The National Testing Agency, which scrapped the May 3 exam on Tuesday, said it will announce retest dates within seven to ten days and will refund fees with no new registration required.
- CBI registered an FIR citing conspiracy and cheating laws under the new penal code and the Public Examination Prevention of Unfair Means Act, formed special teams, and began collecting case files from Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group.
- Rajasthan investigators say a 410-question “guess paper” contained about 120 questions from the real test and moved through coaching hubs and messaging groups centered on Sikar, with leads pointing to a trail touching Nashik, Gurugram, and Jaipur’s Jamwa Ramgarh.
- Police have detained or arrested suspects across states, including a man taken into CBI custody in Nashik, as teams trace how the material reached students and what it cost to buy.
- About 22.79 lakh candidates must now prepare again as protests grow and politicians press for accountability, even though NTA had touted GPS-tracked transport, watermarks, and AI CCTV that still failed to prevent the breach.