4 min read Mumbai , Pune , Sikar Updated: May 13, 2026 04:23 PM IST An accused being taken into custody by CBI officials from the Nashik Crime Branch Unit-2 office in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, in Nashik on Tuesday. (ANI Video Grab) As the investigation into the NEET-UG paper leak expands amid mounting outrage over the exam’s cancellation, several people have been detained in Maharashtra and Rajasthan in connection with the leak. In Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar, a CBI team has taken into custody a Pune resident who allegedly provided the physical copy of the leaked question paper to Shubham Khairnar, a Nashik-based Ayurvedic medicine student. Khairnar, who has been arrested, is accused of making soft copies of the paper and circulating them on WhatsApp. A police officer said the Pune man is not a student and came under the scanner during Khairnar’s questioning.…