Maharashtra TET Paper Leak | Mumbai / Hyderabad : The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak case has revealed details of an alleged interstate racket, according to a nearly 3,500-page chargesheet filed by Thane City Police.
The chargesheet states that confidential question papers were allegedly smuggled out of an Agra printing press by employees who hid them inside their shoe insoles. Police allege that the employees were paid ₹8,000 for taking the papers out of the press.
The chargesheet names 18 accused in the case. Police have arrested 16 of them, while Ashok Sav and Prakash Misal are still absconding, according to the investigation. Police have identified former coaching class teacher Bijendra Gupta as the alleged mastermind.
Maharashtra TET Leak Racket Busted Before Exam
The alleged leak came to light ahead of the TET scheduled for June 28. DCP Pavan Bansod received information that three people were attempting to sell question papers to a Bhiwandi resident.
Police then conducted a trap operation in the Kongaon area and detained the suspects. Four sets of question papers were recovered from them. Officials from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination later verified that the papers matched the actual examination material. The TET was subsequently postponed.
According to the chargesheet, the source of the leak was traced to Mahim Patran Pvt Ltd, an Agra-based printing press handling the confidential examination material. Two employees and a former staff member allegedly concealed folded papers inside their shoe insoles to bypass security checks.
Police have also cited financial transactions and technical evidence as part of the investigation. An original question paper was reportedly recovered from the Bihar residence of a relative of Gupta.
The chargesheet further states that Gupta had previously been implicated in an examination paper leak case in Odisha. Police have alleged that the accused formed a network to circulate the leaked papers among prospective candidates for money.
The state government had ordered a Special Investigation Team to probe the case. Police have said a supplementary chargesheet may be filed as the investigation progresses.
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