India, July 29 -- A 35-year-old absconding accused in the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak case surrendered before a Bhiwandi court on Monday and was subsequently arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case, police said.

Sonu Kumar Diwakar was allegedly a key link in the racket who obtained the TET-2026 examination paper from an Agra-based printing press and supplied it to the alleged mastermind, Bijender Gupta.

With Diwakar's arrest, the total number of accused in the case has reached 15. The 35-year-old was produced in court on Tuesday and remanded to police custody till August 2, officers said.

According to the police, Diwakar is a former employee of Mahim Patran Ltd, the printing press in ...