The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a money laundering case against four principals in connection with the Bihar topper scam.
After Bihar Arts topper, Ganesh Kumar failed to show any of his academic prowess raising speculation of yet another topper scam in the state, the Bihar School Exam Board Chairman Anand Kishore on Thursday gave a clean chit to the former while saying that no one can raise question on his merit.
Where around 65 per cent of the students failed the Bihar board, Ganesh Kumar topped from the Arts stream.
He secured 65 out of 70 marks in the Practical examinations of Music and 18 out of 30 in the theory.
He has secured 92 marks out of 100 in Hindi. However, a meeting with him gives a different picture.
The Enforcement Directorate took knowledge of a Bihar Police FIR and the findings of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to register its own Enforcement Case Information Report, in connection with the case.
The agency said that it will probe the possible ‘proceeds of crime’ generated by the accused. The agency is also likely to probe the illegal wealth which has been collected by the school principals.
The Bihar topper scam came into the limelight when Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Arts and Humanities topper Ruby Rai, Science topper Saurabh Shrestha and third topper in Science stream Rahul Kumar failed to answer basic questions on their subjects when a TV reporter interviewed them.
In an interview with a TV channel, Humanities topper Ruby Rai described Political Science as Prodigal Science which teaches cooking. Following the scam that was exposed, embarrassed of the irregularities, the state government had ordered a SIT probe in the case.
The other toppers, Science topper Saurabh Shrestha and third topper in the same stream Rahul Kumar too had failed to answer basic questions on their respective subjects. When the TV reported questions to the Science topper, Saurabh Shrestha was unable to answer what an electron and a proton are.
After the videos of their interviews went viral, a three-member SIT was formed by the Bihar state government to look into the matter. The toppers were asked to reappear for the test and failing in the test, Ruby Rai was sent to judicial custody in a remedial home for 14 days.
Vishun Roy College principal Bachha Rai was arrested on 11 June last year, who was involved in the exam racket, and it was later reported that Ruby Rai’s father had promised six acres of land to Bachcha Rai if he helps his daughter in clearing the exams.
