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TET Paper Leak: Two Accused in Police Custody Until September 29
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News18•23-09-2026, 20:00
TET Paper Leak: Two Accused in Police Custody Until September 29
- •Ashok Saav and Prakash Misal, arrested in the TET paper leak case, have been remanded to police custody until September 29 by a Thane court.
- •The two absconding suspects were apprehended from Bihar and Beed, bringing the total number of arrested individuals named in the chargesheet to 18.
- •The chargesheet alleges question papers were smuggled from an Agra printing press inside shoe insoles for Rs 8,000.
- •Soft copies of the voluminous chargesheet will be provided to the 16 accused in judicial custody via pen drives, a first for the Bhiwandi court under BNNS provisions.
- •The defense has requested the case be committed to the sessions court, arguing that offenses punishable by up to 10 years are triable by a sessions court.
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According to the chargesheet filed by Thane Police, two employees smuggled the question papers out of an Agra printing press by hiding them inside shoe insoles for Rs 8,000.
In compliance with Section 230 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), soft copies of the chargesheet are being provided to the 16 accused in judicial custody via pen drives, marking a first in the Bhiwandi court.
The recent arrest of Ashok Saav and Prakash Misal has brought the total number of arrested individuals named in the chargesheet to 18.
