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But he was not awarded any tender to buy 2017 answer sheets, he said and added, “The BSEB was tipped off that Gupta had purchased answer sheets of the examination conducted in 2017, too. City SP (central) D Amarkesh said Marwari College peon Rampukar Singh had sold the answer sheets kept at the evaluation centre to Gupta for Rs8,000. He was allegedly found acting in connivance with former BSEB chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and its employee Vikash Singh in fraudulently printing fake answer sheets through a Gujarat based printer, the SSP said.When contacted, BSEB chairman Anand Kishor said Gupta was awarded tender to buy answer sheets of 2014 and 2016 from all the evaluation centres across the state. Gupta was in jail for several months. We lodged an FIR with the Kotwali police station on July 20 and he was arrested the following day.”When asked how a person accused in a BSEB-related scam was awarded tender, Kishor said Gupta was not convicted in the case yet..