SIT arrests Aurangabad HAM’s dist prez in toppers scam

Aurangabad, Aug 17 (PTI) The special investigation teamprobing the intermediate toppers scam in Bihar today arresteddistrict unit president of Hindustani Awam Morcha(HAM)-SecularAjay Kumar Singh along with 19 blank answer sheets. The special investigation team (SIT), which came here fromPatna, arrested Singh with the help of local police from hisresidence at Yodhanagar colony of Aurangabad district. Confirming the arrest, deputy superintendent of policeP N Sahu said the blank answer sheets had been siezed fromthe residence of Singh. A car was also seized by police, Sahu said, adding theSIT took Singh to Patna for interrogation. HAM (Secular) national spokesman Danish Rizwan, however,said that Singh was not the district unit chief of the partyand the process to elect new president was currently on. Over 20 persons, including the main accused BachchaRai, principal of the Bishun Rai College of Vaishaali fromwhere state ‘topper’ Ruby Rai and other ‘meritorious’ studentsappeared for the exam. Former BSEB chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and his wife,ex-MLA Usha Sinha have so far been arrested in the case. Ruby Rai was arrested by the SIT on June 25 soon after there-test by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB). She wasgranted bail on August 1. SIT had on August 4 arrested inter science topper RahulKumar from Vaishali district. PTI COR AR KKMRJ