Overview

• Sandeep Shah and Salim Patel were arrested on June 9 and 10 for allegedly promising to boost NEET UG 2025 scores in exchange for up to ₹90 lakh per candidate, later negotiating to ₹87.5 lakh.
• The suspects assured parents they could influence National Testing Agency officials and would share inflated marks six hours before the official result announcement.
• Forensic examination of seized mobile phones revealed WhatsApp chats with roll numbers, admit cards and records of hawala-based financial transactions.
• CBI investigators uncovered links to admission consultancy firms in Navi Mumbai and Pune but found no evidence implicating any government or NTA personnel.
• A special court has remanded both accused in CBI custody until June 16 as the agency seeks to unearth a larger conspiracy.