BSSC secretary's mobile record indicates involvement of ministers in Bihar Job Scam

According to sources in the police, mobile record of Parmeshwar Ram disclosed that Alok Mehta, cooperative minister and Krishna Nandan Verma, law minister made recommendation calls to him. The Special Investigation Team probe into the multi-crore Bihar job scam has confirmed the involvement of two top state ministers, a former RJD MP and two legislators, one each from JD-U and BJP who made calls and sent mobile messages to Parmeshwar Ram, secretary of Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC), recommending their candidates for govt jobs.

Parmeshwar Ram has already been arrested.

According to sources in the police, mobile record of Parmeshwar Ram disclosed that Alok Mehta, cooperative minister and Krishna Nandan Verma, law minister made recommendation calls to him. Apart from the two ministers, former RJD MP Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, BJP MLA



from Muzaffarpur, Suresh Sharma and Ram Balak, JD-U MLA from Bibhutipur also called the officials of BSSC for their candidates.

" Why is there so much of fuss over the issue. We make recommendation calls to officials. People come to us with request and we make calls. I am ready for any kind of probe in the matter," said Alok Mehta, cooperative minister.

Soon, after Parmeshwar Ram was arrested, his mobile was seized and sent for forensic examination. The details extracted from the mobile disclosed how ministers, former MP and legislators messaged the names of candidates and their roll numbers to the secretary of BSSC.

Patna SSP, Manu Maharaj, who is also heading the Special Investigation Team, however, claimed that names and mobile numbers of persons who made recommendation calls to officials at BSSC are being verified.