Hyderabad, June 14 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two persons for extorting money from NEET UG 2025 aspirants under the guise of manipulating exam scores.

The two accused have been identified as Sandeep Shah of Solapur and Salim Patel of Navi Mumbai.

According to the CBI, Shah and Patel assured the families of these aspirants, claiming they had "connections" in the National Testing Agency (NTA) and could "fix" scores in exchange for money.

They demanded Rs 90 lakh but settled with Rs 87.5 lakh. Shah conducted the meetings at the ITC Grand Central hotel in Mumbai while Patel was a part of the fraudulent network.

The accusedallegedly guaranteed the families they would receive the upscaled scores six hours before t...