Scholarship scam: Tribal boy is shown as Parsi, woman told money from Saudi

Records show the full range of scholarships were sanctioned for 157 students, including 72 girls in a Jharkhand school. (Representational image)

OVER THE last month, The Indian Express tracked 15 schools across six districts in Jharkhand and spoke to over 30 students, parents and school authorities to investigate the list of beneficiaries for pre-matric scholarships in 2019-20 sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP).

What it found were several instances of outright fraud and fudging of records. Here is the first set:

Students…