Indore Law Student Arrested for Selling Fake ‘Leaked’ NEET Papers Generated Using AI Through Instagram
The Indore Crime Branch has arrested a first-year law student for allegedly running an online racket that targeted NEET aspirants by falsely claiming access to leaked examination papers and selling AI-generated question sets through Instagram, police said.
The accused, identified as 19-year-old Akshay Malviya, a resident of Lasudia area and a student at an Indore law college, was arrested following inputs received from police in Rajasthan’s Kota, a major coaching hub for medical entrance aspirants.
According to investigators, Malviya operated an Instagram account through which he posted advertisements claiming to have access to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) question paper and exclusive study material ahead of the examination.
Students were directed to links attached to his social media profile and asked to make online payments ranging from Rs 50 to Rs 200.
Police said preliminary investigation suggests that around 20 to 35 students may have transferred money to the accused through UPI and other online payment platforms.
“We arrested one person who was spreading false claims on Instagram that he had access to the NEET examination paper.
During investigation, it was found that he had no access to any original paper.
He used AI tools, including ChatGPT, to generate questions and sold those question sets to students by presenting them as leaked papers,” a senior Crime Branch officer said.
Packaged as authentic
Investigators said the PDFs supplied to students were allegedly prepared using old NEET question papers, publicly available study material and generative artificial intelligence tools.
The content was then packaged and marketed as authentic examination papers.
Police have seized the accused’s mobile phone and digital devices and recovered multiple PDFs, social media chats and records of online transactions.
A case has been registered under provisions of the Information Technology Act and other relevant sections, officials said.
Crime Branch officers said the operation was deliberately kept confidential until the completion of the examination process to avoid disrupting the conduct of the test or creating panic among candidates.
The investigation is now focused on establishing whether the accused acted alone or was linked to a wider network operating across social media platforms.
Heightened scrutiny
The arrest comes amid heightened scrutiny of examination security following the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2025 examination held on May 3.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on May 12 that the test would be cancelled after allegations of a question paper leak surfaced in Rajasthan, prompting a CBI investigation.
The probe has since focused attention on the examination’s paper-setting and translation process, with three subject experts associated with the preparation of the question paper arrested so far.
Ahead of the retest conducted on Sunday, the Centre also blocked access to Telegram, citing concerns that the messaging platform was being used by cheating syndicates and paper-leak rackets to circulate examination-related material.
Investigators have repeatedly warned candidates against claims of leaked papers being circulated on social media, saying such allegations and fake question papers often proliferate during periods of uncertainty surrounding high-stakes examinations.
