The fallout of the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak investigation has prompted the Latur district administration to launch a major crackdown on illegal coaching classes and unauthorised commercial activities operating from industrial units in the city.
The action comes after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested 11 accused in connection with the paper leak case, including retired professor P V Kulkarni and Renukai Career Centre director Shivraj Motegaonkar.
Officials said the administration has now tightened its focus on Latur’s controversial “coaching classes area,” which has long functioned as a hub for private tuition centres.
On Friday, the Zilla Udyog Kendra (District Industries Centre) issued directives ordering the immediate closure of all commercial activities illegally operating from industrial sheds allotted exclusively for manufacturing purposes within the Latur Industrial Estate Co-operative Society.
The move follows the recent arrest of Pune-based Manisha Havaldar, who is accused of leaking Physics questions from the NEET examination.
According to an official letter issued by the District Industries Centre on May 22, the crackdown was initiated after a meeting chaired by the Latur District Collector.
The administration observed that several industrial units located in the MIDC area were being misused for private coaching classes, hostels, mess facilities, hotels, study rooms, book centres and other commercial operations instead of industrial production activities.
Officials noted that these plots and sheds were originally leased to entrepreneurs strictly for manufacturing and industrial purposes. However, following the decline of several industries after 2000, many units were allegedly rented out to coaching institutes, transforming the locality into Latur’s well-known “tuition area.”
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.
The administration’s move is being viewed as part of a wider effort to tighten oversight on the coaching ecosystem in the wake of the NEET-UG paper leak controversy.
