Bihar Education Department
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A candidate selected from the first phase teacher recruitment examination conducted by Bihar Public Service Commission has been arrested. He has been accused of passing the teacher recruitment examination by cheating. He could not be identified during biometric testing. When found suspicious, a thorough investigation was conducted. He was arrested as he could not be identified during investigation. The matter is of Alinagar block of Darbhanga. The work of thumb impression re-verification of teachers selected from BPSC TRE 1.0 started. Meanwhile, at the time of thumb impression of Phoolan Kumar, a teacher of the upgraded middle school Andauli of Alinagar block, his biometric identity was not found correct. Despite repeated attempts, they were not matched correctly. Now the Education Department has sent the complete information of this teacher selected from BPSC to the headquarters.
Accused Phoolan Kumar was locked in a separate room
In the letter issued by the District Education Officer of Darbhanga, it has been said that the biometric of teacher Phoolan Kumar could not be matched at the thumb impression site. Neither photo matched. The arrested fake teacher admitted during interrogation that in his place, someone else from Phulparas of Madhubani district had appeared in the examination conducted by BPACC. After this, the control room personnel of District Education Officer Samar Bahadur Singh, Raman Kumar Thakur, Parvez Ahmed, Anand Kumar etc. took out this fake teacher Phoolan Kumar from the thumb impression room and locked him in a separate room.
DEO directed to register FIR in Laheriyasarai police station
Due to the activeness of the control room, the BEO of Alinagar and the concerned HM were also called and kept in the control room. The DEO directed to register an FIR at Laheriyasarai police station. He also talked about providing the report with case number and date. In the letter issued from the DEO level, it has been said that the biometric matching of the said teacher could not be done at the thumb impression site. Neither photo matched. During questioning, the candidate admitted that someone from Phulparas was sitting in his place in the examination.
