Nine ‘scholars’ arrested for appearing in exam on behalf of others in Patna

PATNA: Nine ‘scholars’, commonly known as ‘Munnabhai’, were arrested for allegedly appearing in Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) examination in place of actual candidates at Shri Raghunath Prasad Girl’s High School centre under Kankarbagh police station area in Patna on Monday.
The nine, including four women, were arrested during the second shift of the ongoing D.El.Ed examination being conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board.
Kankarbagh police station SHO Ravishankar Kumar said all the nine persons were forwarded to judicial custody after producing before a city court on Tuesday. He said an FIR was lodged by the centre superintendent, Yatindra Kumar.
He said those arrested were identified as Umesh Kumar, Ranjit Kumar and Gudiya Kumari from Madhubani, Archana Kumari and Manisha Kumari of Nalanda, Anish Kumar and Anjali Kumari of Madhepura and Jitendra Kumar Mandal and Manoj Kumar Mandal from Supaul.
The SHO said Gudiya was writing examination in place of Rinku Kumari and Anish in place of Shailendra Kumar while Archana was impersonating Suruchi, Umesh was writing paper for Virendra Kumar Yadav, Manoj for one Ranjit Kumar, Jitendra for Vinod Kumar Mandal, Ranjit for Shivam Saurav, Manisha for Gudiya Kumari and Anjali for Gunjan Kumari.
He said those involved in conducting the examination at the centre caught these scholars after their photographs on the admit cards they had brought didn’t match.
“The admit cards they had brought were of the original candidates. It has also come to light that few of the scholars are relatives of the actual candidates,” he said.
The SHO said further investigations were on to know about any racket or financial transactions involved in the case. “Police will take the arrested persons on remand as per requirement for further interrogation. We will also book the actual candidates,” the SHO said.