India, May 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken custody of Shubham Khairnar, a 30-year-old Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) student from Nashik in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak.

Khairnar was detained earlier in the day by the Nashik Crime Branch Unit 2 from the Indiranagar area of the city. He was reportedly on his way to a temple when police picked him up around noon, acting on specific inputs from Rajasthan Police's Special Operations Group (SOG). A four-member CBI team arrived at the Nashik Crime Branch office in the evening and formally took him into custody for detailed interrogation.

Investigators allege that Khairnar played a key role in the inter-State racket. According to police, h...