The excitement of one of the toppers in the Uttar Pradesh board exams this year turned to disappointment after the cheque that was  presented to him by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath bounced, he was also made to pay the penalty for it.

Alok Misra, who had obtained  seventh rank  in the Class 10 exams of the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB), was called to Lucknow on May 29 for a felicitation function and given a cheque of Rs 1 lakh by the chief minister .

His father deposited the cheque in a bank in Lucknow on June 5 and was subsequently informed that it had bounced due to a mismatch of signatures. He was also made to pay the penalty for it.