<p>The Pune police have arrested a Maharashtra-cadre IAS officer Sushil Khodwekar in the sensational Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) scandal.</p>.<p>Khodwekar is currently the Deputy Secretary in the Agriculture Department. Before this, he had served as deputy secretary of the school education and sports department.</p>.<p>He was arrested from Thane district and taken to Pune, which is investigating the TET scam.</p>.<p>Khodwekar has been remanded to police custody till January 31. </p>.<p>The Pune police have found his link with other accused in the case.</p>.<p>The total arrests in the case now stand at 13 which also includes Tukaram Supe, the Commissioner of Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE), Pritesh Deshmukh, director of G A Software firm, which was responsible for conducting the exam, and Abhishek Sawrikar, a consultant with the education department, all arrested in December 2021.</p>.<p>According to the Pune police, marks of as many as 7,800 TET-2020 candidates were allegedly manipulated in exchange for huge sums of money.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The Pune police have arrested a Maharashtra-cadre IAS officer Sushil Khodwekar in the sensational Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) scandal.</p>.<p>Khodwekar is currently the Deputy Secretary in the Agriculture Department. Before this, he had served as deputy secretary of the school education and sports department.</p>.<p>He was arrested from Thane district and taken to Pune, which is investigating the TET scam.</p>.<p>Khodwekar has been remanded to police custody till January 31. </p>.<p>The Pune police have found his link with other accused in the case.</p>.<p>The total arrests in the case now stand at 13 which also includes Tukaram Supe, the Commissioner of Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE), Pritesh Deshmukh, director of G A Software firm, which was responsible for conducting the exam, and Abhishek Sawrikar, a consultant with the education department, all arrested in December 2021.</p>.<p>According to the Pune police, marks of as many as 7,800 TET-2020 candidates were allegedly manipulated in exchange for huge sums of money.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>