India, Dec. 22 -- Two persons have been arrested in Sonepat for allegedly providing question papers of two subjects of the CSIR-NET exam to 37 students a day ahead of the exam, a Haryana police officer said on Monday.

The arrests were made by a joint team comprising the chief minister's flying squad, Rohtak, and Gohana police in Sonepat on December 17. The two suspects have been identified as Sachin Kumar and Neeraj Dhankhar, residents of Rohtak.

The CSIR NET (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - National Eligibility Test) is a national exam conducted to assess eligibility for Junior Research Fellowships (JRF), assistant professorships, and PhD admission in science and technology fields such as Chemical, Life, Math, and Physica...