Pune: The Commissioner of Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) has been arrested by the police for rigging the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test-2021 (Maharashtra TET). Pune City Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta shared the information about the arrest of MSCE Commissioner Tukaram Supe in a press conference. He said that Tukaram Supe, commissioner of MSCE, has been arrested by the cyber cell of Pune Police for alleged irregularities in the TET exam.
According to the police, the contract for conducting the TET exam was awarded to G. a. The software was given to the company and the matter of malpractices in Maharashtra TET came to light when the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) recruitment exam paper leak case was under investigation. In the case, the police a. During interrogation of software company’s operator Pritish Deshmukh, his two fellow agents Santosh Harkal and Ankush Harkal, it was revealed that with the help of MSCE commissioner Tukaram Supe and Abhishek Savarikar working as advisor of education department, they took money from TET candidates of 2019-20. By manipulating the mark sheet, ineligible candidates were also made eligible.
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After getting the information, on December 16, the Cyber Cell of Pune Police called Tukaram Supe and Abhishek Savarikar to the Cyber Police Station for questioning and interrogated them. During interrogation, both the officers gave G. a. Pritish Deshmukh, the operator of the software company, along with two of his fellow agents Santosh Harkal and Ankush Harkal, have confessed to taking money from the candidates by manipulating their marksheets to make them eligible.
Distributed money among themselves by recovering crores
According to the information received, these three accused extorted at least 50 thousand to one lakh rupees from a candidate. In this way, all the five accused recovered a total of Rs 4 crore 20 lakh from the candidates. Out of which Rs 1 crore 70 lakh will be given to MSCE commissioner Tukaram Supe, Rs 1 crore 25 lakh to G. a. Pritish Deshmukh, the operator of the software company, and Abhishek Savarikar of Rs 1 crore 25 lakh divided among themselves. Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta said that in this case about Rs 88 lakh cash, gold and many fixed deposits have also been found so far.