Bachha Rai, who is Secretary-cum Principal of controversy-hit Bishun Rai College, arrived at the Bhagwanpur police station to give himself up from where the police arrested him, Hajipur police sources said.
"We have arrested Bachha Rai," Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on merit muddle in Bihar's +2 examination, told PTI.
Maharaj said the police had been on hot pursuit of the accused and netted him today.
"We will interrogate him intensively," Maharaj said.
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Bachha Rai, a known supporter of RJD, had been allegedly eluding from police in the case.
Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had recently alleged that everybody knew that Bachha Rai had worked more than Lalu Prasad to ensure victory of Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Pratap from Raghopur and Mahua seats in Vaishali respectively.
The probe has indicated that Bachha Rai was a key player in the case with the help of Bihar School Examination Board, police said.
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According to investigation, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) had allegedly hatched the conspiracy to make Shalini Rai a topper in the science stream later on through verification of marks. But, the snowballing controversy derailed the plan and put her and father Bachha Rai in trouble, police said.
Ruby Rai had reportedly described Political science as "Prodikal Science".
The BSEB had asked her to appear for re-test on June 11.
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Meanwhile, the Arts Intermediate topper Ruby Rai did not turn up before an experts team for re-test today following which the Board decided to withhold her result.
"The Board has decided to withhold result of Ruby Rai and has given another chance to her to appear for re-test on June 25," new Chairman of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Anand Kishor told