Bihar toppers scam mastermind Baccha Rai's degree college was a 4-room mud house

As investigations in the toppers scam gains momentum, more shocking revelations are taking place each day pointing out towards the fact that the mastermind of the scam Baccha Rai had turned into a education mafia by running several sham colleges, some from mud houses and some which existed only on papers.

India Today is in possession of details relating to several colleges and school which Baccha Rai owned in Vaishali district alone. Interestingly, year after year Baccha Rai used to bring out full page advertisements in local newspapers inviting students to take admission in his bunch of colleges.

According to advertisements issued by Baccha Rai, he owned 10 colleges and four school in Vaishali district alone.

List of schools

• Rajdev Rai (+2) Higher Secondary School, Bhagwanpur, Vaishali
• Rajdev Rai Lalmuni (+2) Higher Secondary School, Chehra Kalan, Vaishali.
• Siyawati Lalmuni Kuldeep (+2) Higher Secondary School, Patepur, Vaishali
• Thakur Devi Ramchandra Rajdev Bauuwaji Rai (+2) Higher Secondary School, Lalganj, Vaishali.

Baccha Rai was also planning to open a full-fledged University known as Lord Buddha R.D.R.L.M Bihar University at Bahgwanpur in Vaishali.

Amrendra Singh, a former teacher at Bishun Rai College said that Baccha Rai was running an educational mall in Vaishali where one could get whatever he or she wanted at will.

"Baccha Rai runs a education mall. On the basis of money he manages everything. You can get admission in various field at one point. Most of these colleges and schools are only on paper. He never recruited teachers and never paid them. How is seven colleges and school running from a single campus?"

INDIA TODAY INVESTIGATION

India Today while carrying out an extensive investigation found that Thakur Devi Ramchandra Rajdev Bauuwaji Degree College was just a temporary structure in form of four room mud house in the name of a degree college.

In the mud house, there was a principal office, college office, library and one laboratory. Surprisingly, there was no class room at this degree college which was located in the middle of a farm land.

Locals informed us that they have never seen students or teachers at this college or even classes taking place here. They said that admission for this degree college used to take place at the dubious Bishun Rai College in Hajipur.

A local resident Rajesh Kumar said, "This is a degree college but earlier it was a govt school but later it was converted into a degree college. Admissions takes place but not at this college but at Bishun Rai college. I studied here when I was a child as it was a school then. No classes takes place and all four rooms are locked all the time".

Another local Avinash said, "No study takes place here. There is only a office boy here. Teachers do not come here. Students do not come here".

Next we went looking for Thakur Devi Ramchandra Rajdev Bauuwaji Rai (+2) Higher Secondary School but could not find it even after hunting for it for hours. Later locals said that there was no school existing by this name in Lalganj. They though confirmed that a small degree college was present but there was no school.

Local Subhash confirmed that there was no inter-college in the area.

"There is no inter college here. There is only a degree college here", said Subhash.