India, June 28 -- Three individuals were arrested in Bhiwandi, in Thane district, in connection with the TET-2026 paper leak, on Saturday. The accused, two from Bihar and one from Haryana, were arrested from Kongaon village, a rapidly developing area around 5km from Bhiwandi city.

Thane police recovered four sets of the TET-2026 question paper from the accused. They said education department officials have confirmed they were copies of the actual question paper meant for the exam.

The arrested accused are Akash Kumar, 30, and Rajiv Shah, 45, both residents of Patna in Bihar, and Dhiraj Kumar, 28, from Panipat in Haryana. They told police they were expecting to fetch Rs.1.5 crore by selling the question paper to candidates.

The leak sur...