The Latur administration has launched a crackdown on illegal coaching centres and related commercial activities following the city’s links to the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case and the ensuing Central Bureau of Investigation probe, officials said, reported PTI.
The CBI has arrested 11 accused in the case, including retired professor PV Kulkarni and Renukai Career Centre director Shivraj Motegaonkar.
Industrial sheds allegedly misused for coaching business
Officials said the district administration has begun tightening its grip on the city’s controversial “coaching classes area,” the news agency reported.
On Friday, the Zilla Udyog Kendra (District Industries Centre) directed the immediate closure of all commercial activities operating illegally from industrial sheds allotted for manufacturing purposes within the Latur Industrial Estate Co-operative Society.
The move comes shortly after the CBI arrested Pune-based Manisha Havaldar for allegedly leaking Physics questions from the NEET examination.
Administration cites misuse of MIDC units
According to an official letter issued by the District Industries Centre on May 22, the action followed a meeting chaired by the Latur District Collector.
The administration observed that several industrial units in the MIDC area were allegedly being misused for private coaching classes, hostels, mess facilities, hotels, study rooms, book centres and other commercial activities instead of industrial production.
The letter stated that the plots and sheds were originally leased to entrepreneurs strictly for manufacturing and industrial purposes, reported PTI.
However, after the decline of industries post-2000, many units were reportedly rented out to the growing private coaching sector, transforming the locality into Latur’s well-known “tuition area”,
Warning of strict legal action
In its notice to the president of the Latur Industrial Estate Co-operative Society, the District Industries Centre warned that strict legal action would follow if the directives were not implemented immediately.
Pimpri Chinchwad school suspends lecturer arrested in NEET-UG paper leak case
A school in Maharashtra’s Pimpri Chinchwad has suspended a senior Physics lecturer following her arrest in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, as investigations into the alleged examination irregularities continue across multiple states, reported ANI.
Seth Hiralal Saraswati Prashala announced immediate action against lecturer Manisha Sanjay Havaldar after her arrest and said it would fully cooperate with the ongoing probe being conducted by central agencies, reported ANI.
(With PTI and ANI inputs)