Maharashtra TET paper leak: Employees hid question papers in shoes, paid Rs 8,000 each
Thane City police have filed a chargesheet against 18 individuals involved in a scheme to leak Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test papers. The suspects allegedly smuggled confidential documents out of an Agra printing press by hiding them inside their shoe insoles.
Why it matters
This incident highlights significant vulnerabilities in examination security protocols and the integrity of public recruitment processes in India.
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper allegedly walked out of an Agra printing press hidden inside shoe insoles, with two employees paid Rs 8,000 each to smuggle out the confidential examination material, according to a chargesheet filed by Thane City police.The chargesheet, filed before a Bhiwandi court on Friday, names 18 accused, including alleged mastermind Bijendra Gupta, and lays out how investigators traced the leak from the printing press to those allegedly trying to sell the papers in Maharashtra.
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