Was NEET 2025 leaked too? Jaipur's family arrests trigger fresh fears among students

New Delhi: Following the arrest of the members of the Jaipur-based family, which came into the limelight after four children from the family cleared NEET last year, the medical aspirants are wondering whether the NEET UG 2025 exam was compromised, too.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that four children from the family had cleared the NEET exam last year, and they are now studying in different medical colleges. 

However, this family has emerged as a key focus of the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe into the NEET 2026 paper leak. The family is reportedly under scrutiny as it is suspected that the family had links to an alleged interstate paper-leak network. 

CBI, while probing the matter, found that the alleged NEET 2026 leaked paper was handwritten, scanned, converted into PDF files, and then circulated among students at coaching centres in Rajasthan's Sikar district for Rs 2 lakh rupees to Rs 5 lakh rupees for access.

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The agency probing the incident revealed that an accused identified as Yadav was allegedly connected to another accused. During the investigation, the CBI found that the other accused man's father, Biwal, had allegedly scanned the hard copy of the NEET-UG question paper and converted it into PDF files before it was shared further.

This development has left the medical aspirants shocked because the earlier success from the same family has already become a part of NEET folklore. Such a grand success had received massive media coverage. Now, with the latest discovery of the family's alleged link with the paper leak scam, the story has lost its inspirational value.

While no court has established guilt yet, the anxiety surrounding the family is not merely about the ongoing probe, but also about the timing. As per the latest media report by India Today, the family's success last year had come when the country was still recovering from the paper leak controversy in the NEET 2024 exam.

Back then, the authorities had insisted that the paper leak was localised and therefore, they were not in favour of cancelling the entire examination. After a long legal battle, the Supreme Court had also refused to cancel the entire examination, citing a lack of evidence to establish a systemic and nationwide breach.

However, after the latest probe linking the Biwal family with the 2026 paper leak controversy, the medical aspirants want to know if the leak networks were sophisticated enough to survive into 2026. They also want to know whether those networks quietly operate during the NEET 2025 exam as well, India Today has reported.

As per the daily, the fear among the aspirants is growing because the investigators, while probing the 2026 leak, reportedly found evidence of highly organised methods, including handwritten paper replication, encrypted circulation channels and question sets matching actual exam patterns.

Amid this confusion and fear, the comments of the popular educator Khan Sir have added fuel to the controversy. Speaking to India Today, Khan bluntly questioned how repeated irregularities persist despite official assurances. He added that the students are naturally beginning to wonder whether the previous NEET examinations, including the exam held in 2025, may also have been compromised in such a way that it was never detected publicly. He further added that just because it has not come into the spotlight does not mean the leak did not take place.