Jharkhand's Pre-Metric Scholarship Scam involves an Advocate, Principal & Govt. Officers
Dhanbad police have registered 11 FIRs in the pre-Metric scholarship scam, which includes District Welfare Office staffs, a local advocate, school principals, mastermind Sadiq and his two aides. However, the accused have been booked under IPC sections on forgery and criminal conspiracy. The Frauds allegedly lured innocents to become fake beneficiaries with forged KYC papers, while officers who were supposed to verify schools on Scholarship Portal helped to bypass rules.