The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 4.53 crore of Baccha Rai, the main accused in the 2016 Bihar Topper Scam, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The properties were attached in a case of money laundering that was registered against Rai.
The Bihar topper scam kingpin, who is also the secretary-cum principal of Vishun Roy College, district Vaishali, Bihar, is accused of manipulating the results of students for money, through his contacts in Bihar School Education Board (BSEB).
The scam came to light on May 31, 2016, when BSEB Arts and Humanities topper, Ruby Rai, Science topper, Saurabh Shrestha and third topper in Science stream, Rahul Kumar were interviewed by television channels and they were unable to answer even basic questions.
Soon, an investigation was initiated, following which the ED had registered a case last year on the basis of Bihar Police FIR and the investigation of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
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