The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) on Wednesday claimed to have identified all those candidates who had fraudulently got selected in different examinations of PMT-2012 and PMT-2013.
During the investigation conducted by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Madhya Pradesh police and the MPPEB, a list of 701 students who had cleared the entrance examination was prepared with the help of computer experts of the technical committee. The committee members worked to find the logic in the pattern used to facilitate the clearing of examinations.
During the process it was found there were similarities in the number of wrong answers, selection of wrong answers, unanswered questions, number of correct answers, correct answers, data available with MPPEB and information provided by strong room in charge about seating plans which is possible only if it is engineered. Admissions of around 272 students were cancelled while OMR sheets of around 14 students which were filled by the accused MPPEB officials were also cancelled.
Government Kamla Nehru Girls Higher Secondary School and Government Kasturba Higher Secondary School are the two centres of the state capital which are identified in the investigation. Government Indira Gandhi Girls College was the centre in Shahdol which was identified in the investigation.
Providing more specific information about the candidates in Indore examination centres MPPEB has provided roll numbers 433019, 433039,433053,433074 and 433087 at KB Patel Gujarati Girls Higher Secondary School and roll numbers 433959, 433994,434006,434030 and 434043 at RRMB Gujarati Higher Secondary School examination centre were facilitated in such a manner that the candidates would get adjacent seats in the examination centre.