Patna, March 23 The Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit has arrested Praveen Kumar Sinha, also known as Dabloo Mukhiya, in connection with the 2024 BPSC Teacher Recruitment Exam (TRE-3) paper leak case, officials said on Monday.
The arrest was made in the state capital on Sunday evening. The EOU has so far arrested 293 people in the case.
Sinha is an active member of the gang of Sanjeev Kumar Singh, the alleged mastermind of the NEET (UG)-2024 paper leak case, which is being investigated by the CBI, officials said.
In a statement, the EOU said, "Acting on a tip-off, officers arrested Sinha from a location in the Karbigahiya area on Sunday evening. He is an active member of the Sanjeev Mukhiya gang. During interrogation, Sinha revealed that just before TRE-3, he took 30 aspiring teachers to a particular area in Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) and provided them with the question papers before the exam".
It may be recalled that the EOU arrested Mukhiya from Patna in April 2025. He is currently in judicial custody. Mukhiya, who was working as a technical assistant in a government college in Nalanda (Bihar), had a reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head.
According to officials, Mukhiya's gang operates across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. The gang was also behind paper leaks in the Haryana veterinary doctor recruitment exam, the Haryana English teachers' recruitment exam, and some recruitment exams conducted in UP previously.
The BPSC conducted TRE-3 on March 15, 2024, for primary and middle school teachers in offline mode.