Bihar School Examination Board clerk arrested

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested Bihar School Examination Board clerk Ram Bujhawan Jha in connection with the Class 12 toppers` scam, police said.
Earlier, Jha was detained and interrogated by the SIT. “SIT has arrested Jha on the basis of revelations made by others who have been arrested in connection with the toppers scam,” a police official said. Jha was produced in a local court that sent him to judicial custody for 14 days.
Last week, SIT had arrested the Board`s former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad and his wife Usha Sinha from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
So far, 20 persons have been arrested in the case, police said.
J’khand MLA accused of sexual assault
A woman has lodged a compliant against Jharkhand’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Janki Yadav for trying to develop physical relations with her and molest her. The woman is member of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) party. In her compliant to a Koderma court , the woman alleged that Yadav wanted to develop physical relationship with her and molested her. The complainant said she had given Yadav a loan of Rs 10 lakh when he contested the Jharkhand Assembly polls in 2004, 2009 and 2014. The BJP MLA has rubbished the charges.