Patna: In a major disclosure in Bihar’s infamous topper scam, prime accused, Ruby Rai wrote the names of movies in one answer sheet, the name of poet Tulsidas more than a hundred times in another and some poetry in some others, which were then displaced by papers written by ‘experts’, Bihar police said.
According to a report, a forensic examination has validated that the answer sheets used in the exams earlier this year were written by others as the handwriting on them did not match with Ruby, investigators stated.
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In her statement during the interrogation, the 17-year-old stated that she just desired to pass the class 12 examination and never wanted to be a topper.
Bihar Police is assured that the forensic statement of the answer sheets will support them in achieving a conviction for all concerned including former education board chairman Lalkeswar Prasad Singh and V N Rai, college principal Bacha Rai, plus Ruby herself who is out on bail.
More than 40 people have been arrested in the scam so far.
In August, Ruby was released three weeks after being detained for allegedly giving bribes to top the exams.
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Ruby who was listed as state topper in Political Science was tripped by a television interview in which she stated the subject taught her cooking. She was then controversially detained and then placed in a juvenile home with several government officials complaining to her arrest as an unreasonable action against a teen.