One may like to remember great poet-saint Tulsidas, for inspiration before an examination, but writing his name several times on the answer sheet will surely not fetch any marks, unless you are Bihar intermediate exam ‘topper’ Rubi Rai.

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Believe it or not, the investigation into the Bihar topper scam case has revealed that Ruby ‘topper’ Rai had written “Tulsidas Ji” 300 times in the answer sheet of compulsory Hindi language paper. According to the investigators, Ruby could not keep her interest in hindi films at bay either, mentioning the names of 101 romantic Bollywood movies in one of her original answer sheets.

In the answer sheet of another paper, she had a written mathematical table, which wasn't even correct.

Ruby Rai hit the headlines in June this year when she pronounced political science – one of her subjects – as “prodigal science”, which according to her is a subject that “deals with cooking”.

These facts came to the fore after a report prepared by the forensic science laboratory was made public on Sunday by Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the Bihar’s topper scam.

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The investigators said that Ruby had written her English paper in Hindi.

“She wrote geography, political science, home science, English, Hindi and music papers sitting in the examination hall, but except for home science, the rest were later changed with those written by subject experts,” said the SSP.

Bacha Rai, the kingpin of the toppers scam and the director of Bishundeo Rai College, in Hajipur district where Ruby studied, is said to be friends with her father. Rai was allegedly requested by Ruby’s father to get her cleared in all the exams.

How the answer sheets were changed

After the exam are over, said the SIT chief, the invigilators used to submit the answer sheets in the strong rooms in the district headquarters. The answer sheets of a few selected students used to be taken to Bacha Rai’s college to the experts, who used to write correct answers on a black board.

“His associates wrote the correct answers on the sheets already available there,” he added.

“Finally, the new answer sheets were submitted in the strong room. The new answer sheets were fake as it did not have water mark logo of BSEB,” he said.

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Subject experts charge Rs 5,000-10,000 per paper

Ruby’s papers were allegedly written by experts of five different subjects, who charged a sum from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 per paper.

“These amounts were allegedly paid by Bacha Rai. These experts were Rai’s men, who have earlier helped him in the scandal,” said the SSP.

The investigators have found the involvement Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, the erstwhile chairman of the board, and other officials. The SIT has already arrested Singh and his wife Usha Sinha, former MLC and ex-principal of Ganga Devi College.

A long history of manipulation

Bacha Rai was involved in examination scam since 2005. The scandal earlier came to light in 2005 and 2007, but no one dared touch him because of his political affiliations. This year, the answer sheets went to designated centres, but the former BSEB chairman ordered to send the answer sheets from Rai’s college to Patna, where it was checked and given highest marks in the state.

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SIT looking of ‘experts’

The SIT is in search of the experts, who had written the papers for Ruby and others. The investigators – if sources are to be believed – are set to question Rai along with Ruby and his relatives who are expected to be involved in the scam.

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