A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday formally began its probe into a scam involving the toppers in the 12th Board examination in Bihar. A case has been registered against these students, police said. "An SIT team has interrogated Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) chairman lalkeshwar Prasad, and seized some computers and hard disks," police said. "Experts will examine the computers and the hard disks to collect more information on the results of Class 12 Science and Arts examinations," an official said.
According to a senior police official, preliminary investigation by the SIT suggested irregularities in the results of the toppers in the Science and Arts examinations. "Their original answer sheets have been changed with separate pages pasted containing answers," the official said. The case against the students was registered on Tuesday after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ordered that an FIR be lodged and the matter be investigated