Mr. Kumar, who got 83% marks in music, appeared clueless about basic musical notes, when questioned by the media

Bihar’s Intermediate Board topper in Humanities stream, Ganesh Kumar, was arrested on Friday after the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) cancelled his result. Ganesh had got 82.6% in the Board examination.

“Bihar Intermediate topper in Arts stream Ganesh Kumar’s result has been cancelled with immediate effect. A case is also being registered against him and the school authorities” said BSEB chairman Anand Kishor.

Earlier in the evening, Mr. Kishor had called Ganesh to the BSEB office for some queries, but later he was arrested for fraud. Ganesh had allegedly forged his birth certificate for taking the Board exam. “Ganesh has been arrested and he will be produced in a court tomorrow,” said Patna SSP Manu Maharaj.

However, Ganesh appeared surprised and said he was not aware why he was being arrested.

“I was called for some queries here but, don’t know why they arrested me…is it crime to appear in examination for second time...you (media) people have made all this brouhaha over it unnecessarily,” Ganesh said when journalists confronted him.

Mr. Kumar, who got 83% marks in music, appeared clueless about basic musical notes, when questioned by the media. Neither could he answer questions relating to the Hindi paper, in which he had got 92%. Hailing from Giridih district of Jharkhand, Mr. Kumar had come to Samastipur and appeared for the examination at the Ramnandan Singh Jagdeep Narayan Higher Secondary School. Earlier in the day, the ruling JD(U) leaders had defended Mr. Kumar, claiming that he was being targeted by a section of the media because he was a Dalit.