Nine persons were detained on Sunday for allegedly appearing in place of registered candidates during the re-examination for the 2026 undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, PTI quoted the police as saying.

Superintendent of Police Prerna Kumar told the news agency that a first information report will be registered after written complaints are received from the centre superintendents concerned.

Kumar said that 10 to 12 more persons, including biometric operators and middlemen, were being questioned in the case.

The re-examination for admission to undergraduate medical courses in India was held on Sunday at 5,440 centres in the country and 14 centres abroad.

It was conducted after the National Testing Agency cancelled the May 3 examination following allegations of a paper leak. More than 22 lakh candidates had appeared for the test the first time.

It is unclear how many students appeared for the re-test.

The May 3 examination was cancelled after the Rajasthan Special Operations Group began investigating allegations that a “guess paper” circulated before the examination contained questions closely matching the actual paper.

The “guess paper” contained around 410 questions, of which about 120 matched the questions asked in the chemistry section, according to the Rajasthan Police. The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a first information report in the matter based on a complaint by the Union education ministry.

Indore law student arrested

In Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, a first-year law student was arrested by the Crime Branch for allegedly selling a question paper to NEET UG 2026 aspirants ahead of the re-examination, reported The Indian Express on Monday.

Akshay Malviya, 19, was allegedly claiming on Instagram that he had access to a leaked question paper and exclusive study material for NEET.

He was selling the paper, which was generated through artificial intelligence, for Rs 50 to Rs 200, The Indian Express quoted the police as saying.

Around 20 to 35 students may have transferred money to Malviya, the police added.

Edited by Tanya Shrivastava.