India, Aug. 8 -- A probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) paper leak has put three Pune-based National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts at the centre of the case.

The paper leak that led to the cancellation of the May 3 NEET paper had triggered widespread agitation across the country, following which Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down as education minister.

Manisha Gurunath Mandhare for botany and zoology, P V Kulkarni for chemistry, and Manisha Sanjay Havaldar for physics are the three Pune-based NTA subject experts who were identified as the primary sources of the NEET paper leak.

As stated in an earlier HT report, a CBI chargesheet said that the three wer...