As questions continue to mount over the alleged NEET 2026 paper leak, a chemistry teacher from Rajasthan has emerged as one of the earliest people to alert authorities after noticing that a viral ‘guess paper’ appeared to match the actual examination paper almost exactly.Shashikant Suthar, a chemistry teacher associated with Guru Kripa coaching institute in Sikar and originally from Nohar in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district, said the first signs of something unusual surfaced on May 3, the day the NEET examination was held. According to him, a person known to him approached him after the exam with a PDF circulating as a ‘guess paper’ and asked whether any of its questions had appeared in the actual test.What followed, Suthar claimed, left him stunned.Suthar carefully compared the chemistry section of the viral PDF with the NEET 2026 paper and found that the questions matched exactly. To verify the similarities further, he used artificial intelligence tools to compare both documents. According to him, the chemistry questions in the viral PDF and the actual examination paper were identical.Suthar said he did not immediately jump to conclusions and instead spent hours checking the material before deciding to alert authorities. He claimed he went to the Udyog Nagar police station in Sikar the same night and attempted to explain the matter to officers’ present there. He was allegedly asked to submit a written complaint in a prescribed format, but left later in the night as the process was taking time.Days later, he said, he emailed the National Testing Agency and other government authorities about the suspected leak. According to Suthar, the response was far quicker than he had expected. He claimed officials from the NTA contacted him over phone soon after, while teams from Rajasthan’s Special Operations Group and other investigating agencies later met him personally to gather details. He also claimed that CBI officials questioned him as part of the ongoing probe.Despite growing public attention around his role, Suthar declined to appear on camera, citing concerns over the sensitive nature of the investigation and the safety of his family.Suthar, who has been teaching chemistry for nearly 12 years and comes from a modest background, said his decision to report the matter was driven by concern for students who had prepared honestly for the examination. He maintained that deserving candidates should not suffer because of any failure in the system.The alleged leak later triggered nationwide outrage, forcing authorities to cancel the examination for more than 22 lakh candidates and announce a re-test on June 21. Investigating agencies have since expanded the probe across multiple states, including Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana and Bihar, with several arrests and raids already carried out.