Maharashtra TET paper leak: Kingpin Bijendra Gupta arrested in Bihar
Thane police have arrested Bijendra Gupta, the alleged mastermind behind the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak, in Bihar. The investigation revealed that Gupta orchestrated the theft of exam papers from a printing press by bribing employees.
Why it matters
This arrest marks a significant development in the ongoing crackdown on organized examination fraud in India, which affects the credibility of public recruitment processes.
MUMBAI: After months on the run, Bijendra Gupta, the main accused in the Maharashtra TET paper leak case, was arrested by Thane police from Bihar on Saturday morning.Gupta was wanted in the Maharashtra TET paper leak case, in which the SIT had earlier arrested his wife, Suman Gupta, alleging that she managed the proceeds of the racket and helped him evade arrest.Police had also issued a look-out circular against Gupta, who is also an accused in examination paper leak cases in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. He was out on bail in the Odisha case.Earlier this week, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 paper leak claimed that the alleged mastermind, Gupta, lured two employees of an Agra-based printing press into leaking the exam papers by promising them a plot of land each.
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