Bihar Class XII topper arrested

June 02, 2017 22:08

Bihar's Class XII topper Ganesh Kumar was arrested on Friday after the Bihar School Examination Board cancelled his result.

"An FIR has been lodged against Kumar," BSEB chairman Anad Kishore said following a day long protest by students in front of the Bihar Inter Council office in Patna.

Kishore said the preliminary investigation revealed that Ganesh has not mentioned his real age in the examination form and used fake date of birth.

"Ganesh has cheated the board and used forged birth certificate. His real age is 42 but he has mentioned 24 years in the examination form. Ganesh is also father of two children," Kishore said.

Ganesh Kumar, who topped Class XII boards in humanities stream, stumbled over queries posed by the media on music, in which he scored 65 out of 70 in practicals.

Kumar in an interview to a TV news channel said singer Lata Mangeshkar is known as 'Maithili Kokila', a title bestowed on folk singer Sharda Sinha, who is from Samastipur, where his school is situated.

He seemed to have a difficult time explaining what is sur, taal and matra, considered the basics of music.

Asked what he did in music practical, he un-rhythmically sang a few lines of a Bollywood number.

M I Khan/Rediff.com

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