Shillong, Mar 7: State Education Minister, Rakkam A Sangma on Friday told the House that a total of 25 persons have been arrested in connection with the MTET question paper leak in 2019.

Sangma informed the House that 11 of these were candidates and 14 other individuals have been arrested, who were responsible for leaking the paper.

The Education Minister also informed that the source of the question paper leak was a program developer and employee of NEICOM Impression Printing, Guwahati.

The center where the question paper leak was first detected in Tuta Government College.