India, May 18 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) probe into the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak has widened beyond paper setters, experts and middlemen, with several parents who allegedly purchased leaked question papers now coming under the agency's scanner, officials said.

A CBI team comprising eight officers conducted searches on Saturday and Sunday at three to four different premises including a house in the Vidyut Nagar area in Nanded and in Latur after receiving inputs that the family had allegedly procured leaked NEET papers for their daughters. Officials suspect they paid between Rs.5- Rs.10 lakh to alleged middlemen to obtain the leaked papers before the examination.

Investigators believe the racket extended beyond ...