Paper Leak: NTA debars Latur coaching center owner’s son from NEET-UG for two years

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has barred Latur-based coaching center owner’s son and paper leak case accused Shivraj Motegaonkar from appearing in the NEET-UG examination for two years.

Arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in this year’s NEET-UG paper leak case, Motegaonkar is currently in judicial custody.

His son Aditya Motegaonkar’s examination result from the examination conducted earlier this year has been withheld and he has also been declared ineligible to appear for NEET-UG 2027, according to an NTA notification dated September 19.

According to the CBI, Shivraj Motegaonkar allegedly paid ₹5 lakh to get chemistry questions from PV Kulkarni, who was on the NTA panel that set the questions for the exam.

His son attended Kulkarni’s coaching classes where the questions were asked, the agency said.

After conducting the new NEET-UG test on June 21, the NTA postponed Aditya Motegaonkar’s result and asked him to explain the alleged irregularities.

In his reply, he denied that he had adopted any unfair means in the investigation. He also claimed that the notice issued to him was for alleged irregularities in the May 3 exam and questioned why his result was withheld in the subsequent re-test.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG, is conducted by the NTA for medical aspirants.

On May 12, NTA canceled the NEET-UG held on May 3 for admission to medical courses following allegations of paper leak. On June 21, a make-up exam was conducted.

The CBI last month submitted its final report to a designated fast-track court in Delhi that deals with “criminal cases arising out of paper leaks as well as the use of other unfair means in public investigations”.

Published – 24 Sep 2026 09:07 IST