Overview
- Police arrested Prakash Pawar, owner of Dhruv Academy in Solapur, on Tuesday after questioning and remanded him to custody for further interrogation.
- Searches at Pawar’s premises yielded about 26 examination paper sets, with officials saying at least six of those match TET papers.
- The investigation now counts 16 arrests after earlier detentions, including the alleged mastermind Vijayendrakumar (Bijendra) Gupta and an associate arrested in Samastipur in late July.
- Investigators recovered original educational documents for 26 Maharashtra students during searches in Samastipur and are probing police, phone and financial records to see if those papers were taken as collateral to buy leaked exam sets.
- The case began when a June 27 police raid uncovered leaked TET papers and forced the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations to postpone the scheduled test at more than 1,000 centres, and authorities are now tracing suppliers, intermediaries and alleged buyers across several states.