Patna: Under fire from all quarters, Bihar School Examination Board Chairman Professor Lalkeshwar Singh resigned on Wednesday after videos surfaced of two board toppers being clueless of their subjects. The state Crime investigation Department is probing the matter.
Earlier in the day, the centre superintendent of GI college, one of the exam centres, has been arrested.
An FIR has been registered against three toppers of the Bihar school boards and three others on a complaint filed by the state education department for alleged irregularities in the exams, police said.
The FIR was registered on the complaint by the Director, Secondary Education, late Monday night. It also includes unnamed officials of BSEB, Nomani said.
Those who have been named in the FIR are: management of Vishun Rai College, Hajipur; Centre Superintendent of GA Inter College, Hajipur, where the exam was conducted, Centre Superintendent of Balak High School, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, where copies were evaluated and marks alloted, the DSP said.
Besides, the names of Intermediate Arts topper Ruby Rai, Science toppers Saurabh Shrestha and Rahul Kumar have also been included in the FIR.
They have been booked under relevant sections of IPC including section 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary also confirmed the registration of the FIR for allegedly committing irregularities in the 10+2 exam of Arts and Science streams.
"The government, prima facie, found there are some irregularities and hence, the FIR has been registered in the case. Follow up action will take place. DGP will tell about further action," Choudhary said.
(With additional information from PTI)
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