Bihar toppers paid Rs 20 lakh each for results, claims ex-BSEB chief

TIL Desk/National/Patna-Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, former Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) chairman who was arrested recently, has made startling revelations regarding the Bihar toppers scandal during his interrogation by the state police.

The ex-BSEB chairman has reportedly confessed to have taken Rs 20 lakh from the kingpin of a cheating racket to help each unworthy student become a topper. Besides, Singh also charged Rs 4 lakh for granting affiliation to each shady intermediate college, police said.

Disclosing more about the Bihar toppers scandal, Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj said Singh, during his tenure as BSEB head, granted affiliation to over 100 colleges. Both were arrested from Varanasi on Monday for their alleged involvement in the cheating racket, allegedly headed by now-jailed college principal Bachcha Roy, that helped students top this year’s BSEB class XII exam.