India, May 14 -- Pune city police and Ahilyanagar police detained two persons on Wednesday, including a woman beautician from Pune, in connection with the alleged NEET-UG paper leak case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The two accused-Manisha Waghmare, 46, from Pune and Dhananjay Lokhande, 26, from Ahilyanagar district-were subsequently handed over to the CBI for further investigation.

City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the woman was detained from Bibvewadi. "We questioned her and handed her over to the CBI for further probe," he said.

The development comes a day after Nashik city police detained 27-year-old BAMS student Shubham Khairnar from his residence in Indiranagar, Nashik. He was later formall...