India, July 26 -- Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 paper leak case and another accused from Bihar, taking the total number of persons held in the case to 14, a senior official here said.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) nabbed the alleged kingpin, Vijayendrakumar alias Bijendra Kumar Gupta, and his associate Indrajit Singh from Samastipur on Friday, July 24, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhiwandi Zone-II, Pawan Bansode said on Saturday, July 25.

With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to 14, Bansode told PTI.

Gupta and Singh were brought to Pune on Saturday and then to Bhiwandi in Thane district. A local court remanded the duo in police ...