The Vyapam scam is a massive entrance examination, admission, and recruitment fraud that operated through the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, an autonomous body known as Vyapam. Functioning since the 1990s and unearthed in 2013, the systematic scheme rigged multiple competitive exams for medical admissions and state government jobs, including positions for police personnel, teachers, and forest guards. Undeserving candidates colluded with politicians, board officials, and middlemen by paying substantial bribes to secure high ranks and selections through fraudulent means.
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The Vyapam scam is a massive entrance examination, admission, and recruitment fraud that operated through the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, an autonomous body known as Vyapam. Functioning since the 1990s and unearthed in 2013, the systematic scheme rigged multiple competitive exams for medical admissions and state government jobs, including positions for police personnel, teachers, and forest guards. Undeserving candidates colluded with politicians, board officials, and middlemen by paying substantial bribes to secure high ranks and selections through fraudulent means.
The fraudulent operation utilized proxy examinees, manipulated seating arrangements to allow copying, and supplied forged answer sheets. Investigators uncovered widespread involvement across various levels, leading to numerous arrests including politicians, bureaucrats, board officials, racket leaders, and middlemen. The case also saw dozens of unnatural deaths of involved individuals. Following initial local police actions and a Special Task Force investigation, the Supreme Court of India transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2015.
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The case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation by order of the Supreme Court of India in July 2015, following thousands of arrests and extensive investigations by state police and a Special Task Force.
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Millions of students taking annual competitive exams in Madhya Pradesh, along with undeserving candidates, their families, and individuals affected by compromised government job selections and medical admissions.
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