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Bihar topper Ganesh admits to adopting unfair means in exams
Suspended intermediate topper of Bihar board admits to having fudged his age and adopted unfair means in exam.
Suspended intermediate topper of the Bihar board, Ganesh Kumar, has admitted to the police during interrogation that he fudged his age and also adopted unfair means during the examination.
Ganesh, 42, had mentioned his age as 24 while appearing in the Bihar board Class 12 exams.
During interrogation, Ganesh told the police that he did everything with the help of one Sanjay Kumar, a go-between, who charged money for it. "Sanjay had even arranged the birth certificate and enrolled him in class 8 of Sanjay Gandhi high school, Laxmania in Samastipur earlier,” the police said.
Police said Ganesh was interrogated in front of Sanjay and the principal of Sanjay Gandhi high school Dev Kumari. The principal reportedly admitted her fault in admitting Ganesh, despite knowing facts about him, said an officer.
Police said the special police teams were conducting raids in Patna and Samastipur in search of touts involved in the racket," he added.
Kumari, her husband Ramkumar Choudhary, and their son Gautam Kumar were sent to Beur jail late on Monday evening after interrogation.
The Patna police had taken Ganesh on 24-hour remand for interrogation on Monday evening. Police had arrested him on June 2 after he was called to the Bihar School Examination Board for clarifications over his age.
