Patna: In more embarassment for the Nitish Kumar-led government over the shoddy state of affairs of in terms of its education management, Bihar Board humanities topper Ruby Rai on Sunday told the police that she just wanted to pass the test and had never expected to top the examination.
Rai, who got slandered for her ‘prodigal science’ remark soon after the declaration of Bihar Board exam results last month, was on Saturday arrested and sent to 14-days judicial custody after she just wrote ‘Tulsidasji, pranam’ when asked to write an essay on the famous poet-saint in her re-test ordered by the state board.
“Hum dehaat ki ladki hain, humko nahi pata hum kaise top kar gaye (I am a village girl. I don’t know how I topped the examination),” police quoted Ruby Rai, reported Hindustan Times.
According to the report, Rai told the police that Bachcha Roy, the principal of VR college, was a distant relative of hers. Although she refused to have any direct contact with the alleged kingpin, she did not rule out the possibility that her father interacted with Bachcha Roy.
Rai – the defamed Bihar Board Class XII Arts topper, had claimed that she was taught cooking in her political science classes during a local TV channel interview after the declaration of board exam results.
BSEB chairman Lalkeshwar Singh, his former JD(U) MLA wife Usha Sinha, Vishun Roy college principal Bachcha Roy and many other have been arrested till date in the Bihar Board exam scam.
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