The accused, senior Botany teacher Manisha Gurunath Mandhare from Pune, Maharashtra, was arrested in Delhi after questioning by the agency. According to the CBI, Mandhare was associated with the NEET-UG 2026 exam process and was appointed as an expert by the National Testing Agency (NTA), giving him access to the question papers of Botany and Zoology, news agency ANI reported.Investigators alleged that during April 2026, he mobilized potential NEET candidates through Pune-based Manisha Waghmare, who was already arrested on May 14. The CBI said Mandhare conducted special coaching classes for students at his Pune residence, during which he allegedly exposed several questions from Botany and Zoology and asked the students to note them down in notebooks and textbooks.The agency said most of those questions match the actual NEET-UG 2026 question paper held on May 3 (now cancelled).The arrest comes a day after the CBI said it has arrested PV Kulkarni, a retired chemistry professor in Latur, in the paper leak case. Kulkarni, who spent more than three decades in academia, had joined the NTA as part of the question paper setting panel. The investigators are probing the role of the individuals involved in framing the questions.In the last 24 hours, the CBI said it has conducted searches at six locations across the country and seized several incriminating documents, laptops, bank statements and mobile phones. The agency said a detailed analysis of the seized material is underway.So far, nine accused have been arrested in the case from Delhi, Jaipur, Gurugram, Nashik, Pune and Ahilyanagar. Five accused have already been sent to seven days’ police custody for questioning, while two others arrested in Pune were produced in a local court and later sent to Delhi on transit remand.