Monday;June 27, 2016: Former Bihar School Examination Board (BESB) Secretary Harihar Nath Jha was detained in relation with the Intermediate toppers scam.

Manu Maharaj,Patna's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) said, “The Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrested Jha on the basis of evidences of his "involvement" in the Intermediate Toppers scam”

“With Jha's arrest, the number of those behind bars in the scam has gone up to 20”, Maharaj said.

The Intermediate toppers scam rocked Bihar last month after Ruby Rai, who was earlier declared topper in arts, had failed to reply to basic questions about her subjects and described political science as 'prodigal science.'