Overview
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed that First Information Reports be filed, a Special Investigation Team be formed, and forensic audits be carried out to probe complaints about the 2026 MHT‑CET.
- The probe will include a separate forensic audit of an alleged candidate database that teacher Narayan Shingare says contained about 459,993 records and was being sold for ₹10,000; the CET Cell says it is verifying that dataset and has disputed prior claims that its systems were breached.
- Teachers and students raised concerns about suspicious result patterns in which candidates with relatively low Class 10 or 12 marks reportedly received unusually high CET percentiles, and investigators will examine centre conduct and how scores were generated.
- Private contractors who ran parts of the computer‑based test, including EduSpark, are likely to face scrutiny over their tender terms, access to candidate data and operational controls, and the state has postponed some MPSC exams as a precaution.
- A formal SIT and forensic audits mean the inquiry can lead to criminal cases or contract action if wrongdoing is found and could change how Maharashtra secures and schedules high‑stakes state exams for hundreds of thousands of candidates.