India, Jan. 29 -- A high school teacher was arrested on Wednesday from West Bengal's North Dinajpur district in connection with diversion of the state's one-time grant of Rs.10,000 for class 11 and 12 students for buying tablets or smartphones, police said.

"Muftazul Islam, a senior teacher at Majhiali High School, was absconding since November last year when around 20 people were arrested across several districts, including Kolkata. His name surfaced during interrogation of some of the suspects. He was arrested by the Islampur police," a state police official said, requesting anonymity.

The back-to-back arrest of two school teachers on November 17 and 18 last year raised suspicion that insiders were involved, police officials monitorin...