Overview
- The Maharashtra Teachers’ Eligibility Test scheduled for June 28 was cancelled after police recovered genuine question papers sold ahead of the exam.
- Investigators say papers printed at an Agra press were smuggled out between June 15 and 17 by hiding folded copies inside a worker’s shoe and then moved through intermediaries to coaching networks.
- A multi-state Special Investigation Team has arrested 12 people so far and moved the accused into judicial custody while continuing searches for alleged mastermind Bijendra Gupta.
- Probes found security failures at the press, including reportedly non-functioning CCTV and footwear not being checked at frisking points, and evidence that workers were paid about ₹8,000 while papers were sold for roughly ₹80,000.
- More than six lakh candidates remain without a rescheduled date and the state committee led by Chief Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal is considering computer-based exams and secure digital transmission as next steps.