India, May 16 -- A retired college professor from Maharashtra's Latur has emerged as the alleged source of the NEET-UG paper leak. Retired Professor PV Kulkarni of Dayanand Science College was arrested in Pune by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday night.

Kulkarni, a former member of the NEET paper-setting panel, who also translated the chemistry section into Marathi, was brought to Delhi on early Friday for further interrogation.

According to the CBI, Kulkarni had authorised access to the question papers. With the help of another accused, Manisha Waghmare, who the CBI arrested on 14 May 2026, Kulkarni hosted a group of students at his residence in Pune the last week of April 2026, where he dictated the questions, alo...