“Investigation revealed that Aditya Motegaonkar, son of the applicant/accused Shivraj Motegaonkar, attended special classes conducted by co-accused P.V. Kulkarni, where leaked Chemistry questions were provided. He prepared handwritten notes based on those questions. During the search, a mobile phone used by Shivraj Motegaonkar was found to contain 36 images (including five duplicate images) comprising 132 handwritten Chemistry questions, purportedly in the handwriting of Shivraj Motegaonkar. The metadata showed that the images were captured using a Samsung Fold 7—the same phone from which they were recovered—on April 23, prior to the NEET UG 2026 examination held on May 3,” the probe agency told the court.
