Bihar’s topper scam mastermind arrested along with wife from UP

TIL Desk/National/Patna-Ex-chairman of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, the alleged mastermind of the topper scam in the Bihar intermediate examination, and his former Janata Dal(United) MLA wife Usha Sinha were arrested from Varanasi on Monday, a senior police officer said here.  ”Lalkeshwar Singh and his wife Usha Sinha have been arrested from Varanasi”, Senior Superintendent of Police of Patna, Manu Maharaj told.

Their arrest by the Special Investigation Team was made following a tip off about their presence in the temple city of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, the SSP, who is heading the SIT on toppers’ merit muddle, said.  He said further details would be provided later on.   Lalkeshwar Singh and his wife Usha Sinha, a co-accused in the toppers scandal, had gone underground after police had acquired an arrest warrant from a Patna court in the irregularities in the Bihar 10 +2 examination.

The SIT was armed with a court order to attach Lalkeswar Singh’s property which would have taken place on Monday. Usha Sinha, a former JD(U) MLA from Hilsa and Principal of Ganga Devi college in Patna from which she was removed, is a co-accused in the case where degrees were allegedly awarded to undeserving students in lieu of a hefty sum of money.