Fourth accused arrested in Maharashtra TET scam

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the paper leak scam in the Maharashtra Teachers Eligibility Test (Maha TET) has made a fourth arrest in the case. A team of the Maharashtra Police arrested Suman Kumari Gupta (40) from Patna in Bihar. She is the wife of the alleged kingpin of the scam, Bijendar Kumar Baleshwar Kumar Sah, who is an absconding accused.

Ms. Gupta was remanded to police custody till July 6 by a Thane court. Police said that she was aware of the financial transactions in the multi-State racket, and that she had met the other accused arrested in the case.

Meanwhile, a Look Out Circular (LOC) has been issued against two absconding accused in the case, including the alleged kingpin of the scam. “We have issued an LOC against Kapil Dahiya, who flew by booking in another name as ‘Kapil Kapil’. He was a part of the team which had come to Bhiwandi to sell the papers, but then he had quietly moved out,” an officer privy to the investigation told The Hindu on Tuesday (June 30, 2026).

Mr. Dahiya hails from Sonipat in Haryana. Dheeraj Balraj Singh, his accomplice from Panipat in Haryana, was nabbed by the police during a trap laid down for the accused, who were trying to sell the TET question paper before the exam. The Maharashtra government postponed the TET on the eve of the exam after a police probe found that the paper had been leaked.

Teams from Haryana and Bihar allegedly came to Maharashtra to sell the papers. Their movement was coordinated by Mr. Sah, who has been absconding since the police teams nabbed the three accused. They had arrived in Mumbai after Mr. Sah had booked their air tickets and car travel, and was in touch with them to coordinate their movements. The two teams which travelled to Mumbai did not know about each other, but were allegedly in touch with Mr. Sah, the police said.

So far, the SIT has formed 10 teams to probe the matter. When a team reached Mr. Sah’s house in Patna last week, he had already fled. On inquiry, the police said they were misguided by the family in the beginning, but that later, a probe had found the absconding accused’s wife was allegedly involved in the financial transactions, and had met the other accused in the case.

Police now fear that Mr. Sah might travel out of India. Since he belongs to Samastipur (in Bihar), he might sneak in to Nepal, a police official told The Hindu. “An LOC will help us nab him,” he said.