Ahead of this years NEET UG 2025 exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has identified 106 Telegram and 16 Instagram channels that are spreading false information about the medical entrance examination, reports have claimed.
According to a report by news agency PTI, the NTA has initiated action on certain fraudulent Telegram and Instagram channels claiming to have access to the NEET (UG) 2025 question paper.
“Acting on inputs received through its recently-launched Suspicious Claims Reporting Portal, the NTA has identified 106 Telegram and 16 Instagram channels engaged in spreading misinformation and attempting to mislead students,” a source was quoted as saying by the news agency.
The dedicated portal that NTA launched last week to flag suspicions about people or accounts claiming to have NEET UG 2025 question paper, has received over 1,500 complaints of alleged paper leaks for the upcoming medical entrance exam.
The testing agency has thus escalated the issue with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs,
“Telegram and Instagram have been urged to share the details of the administrators and creators of these groups with law-enforcement agencies for prompt investigation and prosecution,” as per the source quoted by PTI.
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