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The SIT probing the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test 2026 paper leak has arrested three more accused from Agra, taking total arrests to 10. Officials allege they helped smuggle the question paper from a printing press in Bhiwandi. Investigators say the leak may have originated internally, while alleged mastermind Bijender Gupta remains absconding despite multi-state search operations ongoing.

Bhiwandi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)-2026 paper leak has made another significant breakthrough by arresting three more accused from Agra in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that they played a direct role in smuggling the confidential question paper out of the printing press where it was printed. With these arrests, the total number of accused held in the high-profile case has risen to 10, while the alleged kingpin, Bijender Gupta, remains absconding despite sustained search operations across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana.

Investigators claim the latest arrests have strengthened evidence suggesting that the leak originated from inside the secure printing facility itself. The SIT is now reconstructing the entire chain through which the confidential examination paper allegedly moved from the press to the wider leak network.

The three arrested accused have been identified as Naresh Kumar Puranchand Mahaur alias Nikky 35, Sanjay Kumar Suresh Chandra Sharma 44, and Babulal Narayan Singh Kushwaha 45. They were arrested in Agra and brought to Bhiwandi, where they were produced before Judicial Magistrate S.M. Sutar, who remanded all three to police custody until July 9.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Dr Pawan Bansode said preliminary investigation revealed that two of the arrested men were employed in the packaging department of Mahim Patram Pvt. Ltd., the company responsible for printing the confidential TET examination papers. According to investigators, they allegedly facilitated the removal of the question paper from the highly secured printing facility and passed it on to the alleged mastermind Bijender Gupta and his associate Kapil Dahiya.