Five arrested in Bihar merit list case; BSEB ex-chairman still on the run

The city police on Thursday arrested five persons in connection with the 10+2 toppers’ scandal, while former Bihar School Examination Board chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and Bishun Rai College principal Bachha Rai, the lead player in the merit muddle, continued to be on the run.

Those arrested and sent to jail included Vikeshwar Prasad Yadav, principal-cum-centre superintendent of Government Boys High School Rajendra Nagar, Patna, and Sanjiv Kumar Suman, a Mathematics teacher of the same school; Shambhu Nath Das section officer and Ranjit Kumar Mishra, assistant, both working at the confidential wing of the Inter Council and Shail Kumari, principal-cum-centre superintendent of GA Inter College, Hajipur, said SSP Patna Manu Maharaj.

The SSP, who heads the SIT, probing the case, said both Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and Bachha Rai were absconding. “The process to include names of the two absconding persons in the FIR is underway and they will be arrested as there are ample evidence against them,” he said.

“Prima facie, there are ample evidence against Lal keshwar Prasad Singh. Proof of tampering with exam copies and evaluation have been found, which was in the knowledge of the ex-BSEB chairman,” the SSP said.