Bihar Exam Board Chief Resigns After FIR Against 3 State Toppers

The three class 12 toppers from the state had been ordered to appear for a reexamination.

Rubi Rai, the Class 12 topper of the Arts stream in Bihar. (Photo: ANI)

• Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh resigned from his post on Wednesday. The resignation comes a day after an FIR was filed against the three class 12 toppers from the state and the VR college management for forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy.

• The Bihar government on Monday dissolved a committee constituted by BSEB to probe into alleged irregularities in evaluation of marks in this year’s Class 12 examination.
  
• The decision to dissolve the committee was taken after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a meeting with state Education Minister Ashok Choudhary, Principal Secretary (Education) DS Gangwar and BSEB chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh.

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(With inputs from PTI)