Former Technical Education Minister laxmikant Sharma has been sent under judicial custody in connection with his alleged involvement in the Weights and Measurement inspector exam scam case.
His OSD OP Shukla was also accused in MPPEB examination scam have been sent under judicial custody till July 2.
After the remand of laxmikant Sharma ended on Wednesday he was produced in the court of First Class Judicial Magistrate APS Chouhan and was later sent under judicial custody till July 2.
During the investigation it was found that on the recommendations of laxmikant Sharma, five candidates were facilitated clearing the Food Inspector Examination.
He was earlier arrested for his alleged role in recruit of contractual teachers and also in the transport constable recruitment exam scam. Pankaj Trivedi, Nitin Mahendra, Ajay Sen and PK Mishra were sent under judicial remand till June 30 in Contractual Teacher Examination scam.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh STF declared reward on four candidates who cleared the Forest Guard Examinations and PMT-2013 using unfair means.
A cash reward of Rs 1,000 on Pradeep Jain of Ahmedabad Gujarat has been declared by STF. It was found that he had used unfair means for clearing PMT-2013 examinations.
A cash reward of Rs 3,000 has been declared on Satish Mourya of Gwalior, Pushpendra Yadav of Rewa and Susheel Yadav Supol Bihar who were involved in clearing Forest Guard Examination using unfair means.
During the investigation after failing to find the accused the reward was declared to provide information about the whereabouts of the absconding accused.