Three more persons were arrested by the Special Investigation Team probing the MaharashtraTeacher Eligibility Test (TET) question paper leak scam.

A Thane court on Saturday (July 4, 2026) remanded them in police custody till July 9. The special police team arrested them from Agra in Uttar Pradesh. With this, the number of persons behind bars in this case has reached 10 now.

“All three accused are employees of Mahin Patran Pvt. Limited, the company that had been awarded the contract by the Maharashtra Education Department to print the question papers. These employees are responsible for bringing the paper out of the company,” said Pavan Bansod, an official of the Maharashtra SIT.

The names of the employees are: Naresh Puranchand Mahore, Sanjaykumar Sureshchandra Chandra and Babulal Narayansingh Kushwaha. According to the investigation so far, the three men were in touch with Bijendar Kumar Gupta, the absconding mastermind. “These men hid the papers and brought them out of the company office to hand them over to Bijendar,” an official said.

The SIT personnel had been stationed in Agra for the last few days to investigate the paper leak.