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Police have busted a racket allegedly concerned in leaking the Trainer Eligibility Take a look at (TET) query paper and facilitating candidates to clear the examination by means of fraudulent means in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, officers mentioned.
The TET was carried out on November 23. TET is a compulsory qualifying examination for the recruitment of lecturers in main and higher main colleges.
Performing on a tip-off that some people had been circulating the query paper on the eve of the examination for cash, the police swung into motion and detained a number of suspects. To date, 18 individuals, together with the important thing accused Mahesh Gaikwad, have been arrested, the officers mentioned on Tuesday (November 25).
“Primarily based on the inputs, a joint workforce of the Native Crime Department and Murgud police raided a furnishings store in Songe village in Kagal tehsil within the early hours of November 23. Throughout the raid, 5 candidates, who had been supposed to look for the TET later that day, had been discovered on the spot,” a police official mentioned.
“When requested, they mentioned that one Rahul Patil was anticipated to reach with the leaked query paper,” he mentioned.
Patil and two others had been subsequently detained. Throughout their interrogation, Patil allegedly confessed that Gaikwad had promised to offer him with the TET paper, which he was at hand over to the candidates for Rs 3 lakh, the official mentioned.
Gaikwad was later arrested from Karad in Satara district, he added.
“To date, now we have arrested 18 individuals within the case and the quantity might rise because the probe progresses. The involvement of extra people, together with facilitators and beneficiaries of the leak, is being investigated. We’re additionally verifying the monetary transactions linked to the rip-off,” the official mentioned.
Revealed – November 26, 2025 08:49 am IST