Gonda, Aug. 25 -- Following a court order, the Kotwali Nagar police in Gonda district have filed an FIR against eight individuals, including the District Basic Education Officer (BSA) Atul Kumar Tiwari, in connection with the infamous Anamika Shukla teacher recruitment scam.

Kotwali Nagar SHO Vivek Trivedi confirmed on Monday that apart from the BSA, the accused include then Finance and Accounts Officer Siddharth Dixit, clerk Sudhir Singh, Anupam Pandey, Anamika Shukla herself, the manager of Bhaiya Chandrabhan Dutt Memorial School Digvijaynath Pandey, the school's principal, and an unidentified individual.

According to the complaint filed by petitioner Pradeep Kumar Pandey in court, a well-organized syndicate within the Basic Education D...