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Maharashtra has postponed the TET 2026 examination, scheduled for June 28, after an alleged question paper leak was uncovered by Bhiwandi Police. Three persons have been arrested, and investigators are probing a wider interstate racket. Authorities said the exam will be rescheduled after the investigation to safeguard the recruitment process's integrity.

Bhiwandi: In a major setback to Maharashtra's recruitment examination system the Bhiwandi Police have arrested three persons in connection with the alleged leak of the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 question paper, forcing the state government to postpone the examination just a day before it was scheduled to be conducted across the state.

The arrested accused have been identified as Rajiv Shah (Bihar), Akash Kumar (Bihar), and Dheeraj Kumar (Haryana). Police have launched a wider investigation to trace other members of the alleged paper leak network. The probe is being supervised by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Pawan Bansode.

According to official sources the TET examination was scheduled to be held on June 28, 2026, at 1,028 examination centres across Maharashtra. However, after intelligence inputs suggested that the question paper had been leaked in advance, authorities initiated an immediate verification process.

In the early hours of Saturday, acting on confidential information, a Bhiwandi Police team conducted a raid at a location where several individuals were allegedly found in possession of suspected examination questions. During verification, investigators matched the recovered material with the original TET June 2026 question paper and found multiple questions to be identical, confirming the possibility of a paper leak.