KATHMANDU, April 28 -- Gopal Bahadur Mahat, principal of Prolific Higher Secondary School in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, has been arrested.

SP Nabaraj Adhikari at District Police Range, Kathmandu, confirmed the arrest, stating that Mahat is suspected of facilitating a fake candidate to sit for the Grade XII examination.

According to him, initial investigations so far have revealed evidence implicating one student as a fake examinee. A complaint has been lodged with the Ministry of Education, alleging the presence of at least four fraudulent examinees at Prolific Higher Secondary School.

On April 25, the Ministry of Education forwarded a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs, requesting an investigation based on the symbol numbers of four i...