Overview

• The CBI filed an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act in its ongoing NEET exam scam investigation despite maintaining no NTA official is implicated.
• On June 23, a Mumbai court granted bail to Sandeep Shah and Salim Patel, who were arrested for allegedly deceiving aspirants by promising NEET score manipulation.
• Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar accused the NTA of turning into a “National Corruption Agency” and pressed for scrutiny of its officials’ roles in alleged irregularities.
• NSUI president Varun Choudhary highlighted CBI findings that OMR sheets were altered for money and warned that recurring data leaks undermine the integrity of NTA exams.
• Growing demands for reforms reflect concerns that flaws in NEET and CUET processes could affect admissions at more than 300 universities.