44 ‘fake’ STs as teachers,probe on

The issue came to light after the Bihar State Scheduled Tribes Commission,acting on a complaint by one Akhilesh Prasad,conducted an inquiry and found that 44 of 297 candidates selected under the ST quota one percent of the total belonged to SC and OBC categories.

The commission has now asked the Bihar HRD department to verify the caste certificates of the 44 candidates and file an FIR against them if it is found that they had furnished fake certificates.

As we have a complete list of caste surnames used by tribes in Bihar,we can make out from surnames (the illegal appointments). We have got list of all ST candidates from Bihar Staff Selection Commission,the recruitment agency, Vice chairman of the commission,Lalit Bhagat,told The Indian Express. We have given the HRD full details (of the 44 candidates) such as their roll numbers and fathers names. It is for the HRD department to further scrutinise them.