lucknow dharmendra patel who topped the upassistant teachers recruitment examination with 95 per cent marks does not know who is the president of indiadharmendra patels utter lack of general knowledge came to light after the prayagraj police on sunday arrested him and nine others involved in allegedly accepting bribes running into lakhs from aspirants who sought jobs as assistant teachers during a recruitment drive for 69000 posts in the up basic education departmentdharmendra patel a resident of prayagraj emerging as a topper in the recruitment has now raised serious questions on the transparency of the entire processthere were three other successful candidates who have been arrested and patel was one of themwe quizzed them and they could not answer even basic questions related to general knowledge this reflects on the irregularities in the recruitment system if the teachers are so unaware what can they be expected to teach the children said a police official involved in the investigationsaccording to the ssp prayagraj satyartha anirudh pankaj the main accused has been identified as kl patel a former zila panchayat member and cash worth over rs 22 lakh has been recovered from himthe supreme court on tuesday directed the up government to keep 37339 posts of assistant teachers vacant thereby staying the ongoing selection process of teachers in the statethe entire recruitment process has already been stayed by the high court and the state government has challenged the decisionmeanwhile the yogi adityanath government on tuesday ordered an stf probe into the teachers recruitment scam in the stateup basic education minister satish dwivedi told reporters the probe began after one of the applicants named rahul filed a complaint with the police of bribes being taken for recruitment the prayagraj police immediately acted on the complaint and arrested kl patel and nine others for accepting bribes the government has ordered an stf probe into the matterthe congress has called it a vyapamlike scam while the bsp has sought a cbi probe into the matter