Ahead of the NEET-UG exam scheduled to be held on Sunday, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has identified Telegram and Instagram channels “claiming to have access” to the question paper, and has reported these cases for further action to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to NTA sources, the agency was acting on inputs received through an online portal it launched last weekend for users to report “suspicious claims” regarding the examination. It has identified 106 Telegram and 16 Instagram channels that are “engaged in spreading misinformation and attempting to mislead students.” The NTA has asked Telegram and Instagram to take these channels down immediately and share details of the administrators of these channels with law enforcement agencies for investigation. Story continues below this ad So far, the NTA has received a total of 1500 reports of suspicious activity through its online portal. According to NTA sources, most of these reports are of Telegram channels “pushing fake paper leak narratives.” The online portal on the NTA website, …