Maharashtra TET Leak: Question Papers Smuggled Out in Shoe Insoles for ₹8,000, Says Chargesheet
Police say the leak involved 18 accused and an interstate racket that moved papers from an Agra press to Maharashtra for sale.
- On Saturday, the Thane City Police filed a nearly 3,500-page charge sheet in the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper-leak case, naming 18 accused in an interstate network allegedly masterminded by Bijendra Gupta.
- Investigators allege that employees at Mahim Patran Pvt. Ltd., an Agra printing press, smuggled confidential question papers by concealing them in shoe insoles and received ₹8,000 each for the theft.
- Police unravelled the network on June 27 after Thane Deputy Commissioner of Police Pavan Bansod received a tip-off, prompting a decoy operation in Bhiwandi that seized four sets of question papers.
- Of the 18 individuals charged, 16 have been arrested while accomplices Ashok Sav and Prakash Misal remain absconding; the accused face charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for cheating and criminal conspiracy.
- Police plan to file a supplementary charge sheet as investigations continue, with authorities examining Gupta's alleged links to a previous examination paper leak in Odisha.
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Mahrashtra TET paper leak: 3,470-page chargesheet details heist
A massive 3,470-page chargesheet has been filed in the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper leak case. The document details the roles of eighteen accused individuals in an interstate racket. Question papers were smuggled out of a printing press in Agra after being discarded. The alleged kingpin was arrested from Bihar following an extensive manhunt. This investigation uncovers a significant breach of security protocols.
Maharashtra TET leak: Chargesheet says question papers smuggled out in shoe insoles for Rs 8,000
Police added that it laid a trap using decoy personnel in the Kongaon area, detained the suspects, and seized four sets of question papers. Subsequent verification with Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) officials confirmed that the seized material matched the actual question paper.
Maharashtra TET Leak: Question Papers Smuggled Out In Shoe Insoles For Rs 8,000, Says Chargesheet
<p>Thane, Sep 19 (PTI) Question papers for the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) were smuggled out of an Agra printing press hidden inside shoe insoles by two employees for a mere Rs 8,000, a nearly 3,500-page chargesheet filed by the Thane City police stated.</p> <p>The chargesheet, submitted before a local court in Bhiwandi on Friday, names 18 accused, including alleged mastermind Bijendra Gupta, who was previously implicated in an Od…
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