Ex Indian Minister, 82, Passes Exam in Jail

A former Indian minister, who is serving a 10-year jail term for corruption, has passed a school final examination at the age of 82, his son said Wednesday.
Prakash Chautala, a four-time chief minister of the northern state of Haryana, took the class 12 school-leaving exam conducted by India’s open schooling system at its centre in Tihar jail, said his younger son Abhay Chautala, a legislator in Haryana.
He sat for the last exam on April 23, and has got a first division,” the younger Chautala said. First division is similar to an “A” grade.