Case file · NTA · surfaced 2 Sept 2021

JEE Main 2021: remote-access solving racket at a chosen centre

Stalled documented status: Arrests made

Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.

The CBI booked a private edtech firm and its directors for manipulating JEE (Main) 2021: solvers answered candidates' papers via remote-access software from a chosen exam centre in Sonepat, in connivance with centre staff, for Rs 12–15 lakh per candidate, with mark sheets and post-dated cheques held as security. Searches ran at 20 locations and seven people were arrested in the first days. NTA withheld results of suspect candidates.

Examination: JEE (Main) 2021
Conducting body: National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam date: 2 Sept 2021
Leak date (as documented): —
Surfaced: 2 Sept 2021
States: Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh
Candidates affected: not established
Leak vector: Insider (digital)
State govt at the time: BJP-led NDA (Union); BJP–JJP (Haryana)
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,742

days (4y 282d) · last movement 2021-09-03

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

1 / 7

✓ FIR within 30 days
✗ Charge sheet within 180 days
✗ Any conviction
✗ Exam cancelled & fully re-held
✗ Fee refund documented
✗ Official permanently removed
✗ Reform gazette-notified

Each milestone scores one point only when the register holds a document for it. The gap is what the missing points describe.

How it surfaced

Who found it

Central agency alert

CBI raids on a coaching network in September 2021 found the August session had been compromised through remote-access software at a Sonipat centre — solvers wrote the exam from outside the hall.

The conducting body's first response

Acknowledged it

NTA withheld results of affected candidates and debarred 20+; the exam itself was not re-held.

The docket

Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.

1 Sept 2021

FIR registered · Central Bureau of Investigation

FIR against the firm, its directors, touts and centre staff for remote-access manipulation.

per: CBI files FIR against private education firm for manipulating JEE Mains exam (The Times of India, 2 Sept 2021)
3 Sept 2021

Arrest · Central Bureau of Investigation

Seven arrested, incl. directors and staff; searches at 20 locations.

per: CBI files FIR against private education firm for manipulating JEE Mains exam (The Times of India, 2 Sept 2021)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Results withheld	NTA	10 Sept 2021	Results of suspect candidates withheld.

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported CBI files FIR against private education firm for manipulating JEE Mains exam — The Times of India · 2 Sept 2021 [archived]

Status log

Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.

2 Sept 2021	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
1 Sept 2021	ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED	FIR against the firm, its directors, touts and centre staff for remote-access manipulation.
3 Sept 2021	FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE	Seven arrested, incl. directors and staff; searches at 20 locations.

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To: The Public Information Officer,
Central Bureau of Investigation

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — JEE Main 2021: remote-access solving racket at a chosen centre

Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated 1 Sept 2021 concerning the question paper leak in JEE (Main) 2021.
2. Whether a charge sheet has been filed in this matter; if yes, its date and the court where it was filed.
3. Names and current postings of all officials suspended in connection with this matter.
4. Whether any suspended official has been reinstated; if yes, the order reference and date.
5. Date and outcome of the last court hearing in this matter.

I am enclosing the application fee of Rs. 10 as required. If this application falls outside your office's purview, kindly transfer it under Section 6(3) of the Act and inform me.

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