The Chemistry teacher who first flagged the NEET-UG paper leak has recalled how he came across a viral PDF that allegedly matched a large number of questions from the test.
Shashikant Suthar, an educator at a coaching centre in Rajasthan, said he was “shocked” after cross-checking the document with the NEET question paper.
When he saw the May 3 paper, after the exam was over, he analysed the NEET paper and prepared an answer key for it. A little later, his landlord met him and showed him a viral PDF.
The PDF contained around 104 Chemistry questions and was being circulated with claims that it could predict the NEET exam.
He matched it with the NEET paper, and he was surprised to find that around 45 of those questions were exactly the same as those asked in NEET.
Following the verification, Suthar said the group escalated the matter to authorities, who guided them on how to take the matter forward, and they emailed the NTA about it.
The very next morning, he received a call from Abhishek Singh from the NTA. He collected all the information, he submitted all the proof to him, and then things moved very quickly.
The investigation team came and they explained the entire matter to them physically and provided all the evidence.
