Bihar 'Prodigal Science' Student Ruby Roy's Class XII Withheld After She Misses Retest - Yet Again!
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Saturday announced withholding the result of this year's Class XII (arts) 'topper' Ruby Roy. Ruby had been called for the re-examination on June 11 through ads in the media after she dodged the retest taken by 13 of the 14 state 'toppers' of Class XII (arts and science).
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Saturday announced withholding the result of this year's Class XII (arts) 'topper' Ruby Roy.
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She has bunked her retest - again!
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The Board's decision followed Ruby's failure to take the retest organised by it to ascertain is she really deserved the topper tag.
Ruby had been called for the re-examination on June 11 through ads in the media after she dodged the retest taken by 13 of the 14 state 'toppers' of Class XII (arts and science). After the June 3 retest, results of ISc topper Saurabh Shreshtha and rank holder Rahul -- both students of infamous Vishun Roy College-Vaishali -- were cancelled.
No sign of the prodigal scientist
The Board has given Ruby 'yet another chance' to take the retest at the BSEB HQ on June 25. "Unlike last time when Ruby's father submitted an application saying she won't appear for the retest on June 3 because she was being treated outside the state for depression, we did not receive any communication from her regarding the retest today," BSEB chairman Anand Kishor told media persons on Saturday evening.
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The Class XII results this year came under the lens after Ruby was seen pronouncing political science as "prodigal science" and describing it as a subject on cookery in a TV interview on May 30. While the Board organised a re-examination for the toppers, the state government on June 6 lodged an FIR into the scandal.
"Prior to the June 25 retest, we'll not only issue ads but also send a messenger to her house to ask her in writing to appear for the retest. We will also send a communication in this regard to her and her school through registered post," Kishor said and added the Board would meanwhile seek legal opinion to decide its future course of action in case Ruby continued with her vanishing act even on June 25.
According to Board sources, withholding the result is as good as cancelling it. "Cancellation of the result without her re-examination may be challenged in a court of law," an official explained.
Read Also: Bihar's Former Class XII Toppers Might Go To Jail After They Flunked Their Re-Examinations!
The mastermind has been caught
Amit Kumar alias Bachcha Rai, the mastermind of the Class 12 Board merit list scam in Bihar, was arrested on Saturday after he surrendered before the police. Rai is the director-cum-principal of the VR College in Vaishali district which is being investigated in the case. According to police officials, Rai, who has been absconding, surrendered near his college in Vaishali and the police arrested him.
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Meanwhile, former Chairman of Bihar School Examination Board Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh is still absconding, police said. Singh is a key accused in the case and has gone underground after resigning from the Board.
