India, June 19 -- A 19-year-old student from Bhilwara, Rajasthan, has been arrested for allegedly selling fake NEET-UG re-examination question papers through a Telegram channel named "Paper Mafia," just days before the scheduled retest on June 21.

According to police, the accused operated using a US-based VPN and proxy network to hide his identity and charged aspirants around Rs.4,000 per paper. The Telegram channel reportedly had about 52 members, where fake question papers were circulated as genuine exam material.

Investigators said the accused, Akash Choudhary, allegedly created the fake papers by scanning and compiling content from NEET preparation books and passing them off as leaked exam material. Payments were allegedly collected...