Bihar: FIR against toppers, VR College after CM orders SIT probe

Patna, Jun 7: Patna Police have loded FIR against three Class XII toppers and Vaishali's VR College Management and examination and evaluation centre superintendents and teachers for forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy. The FIR was lodged on Monday night after CM Nitish Kumar ordered police headquarters to set up a special investigation team under an additional director general of police. The SIT has been asked to submit report to the state DGP within 10 days.

Bihar School Examination Board has already cancelled result of controversial toppers Saurav Srestha and Rahul Raj – both from Vaishali's VR College. Another VR College toppers in arts Ruby Rai, who has been given a week to take retest, faces FIR along with Saurav amd Rahul at Patna's Kotwali Police station.

Kotwali Police station SHP Ramesh Kumar Singh said: “The case has been lodged on complaint of secondary education board director Rajiv Prasad Singh Ranjan.

CM Nitish Kumar earlier dissolved a judicial committee set up by BSEB to probe the matter as the board has no landate to set up such a committee. The CM had called an emergy meeting of education department officials last evening and reportedly pulled up BSEB chaian Lalkeshwar Prasad for exceeding his brief to order probe unilaterally. The CM had been also reportedly upset with contradictory view of the state board and education department on the raging controversy.