Former vice-president of Jan Abhiyan Parisad and BJP leader Ajay Shankar Mehta was on Friday arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday. Mehta was allegedly involved in the scam of Police Constable Recruitment examination conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examinations Board (MPPEB). On Thursday Mehta was summoned for questioning at the STF office but was not aware that he would be arrested.
He was involved in facilitating clearing of Police Constable Recruitment examinations with the help of system analyst of MPPEB Nitin Mahendra who has been arrested in MPPEB examination scam. During investigation, the STF has found that Mehta helped candidates in clearing Police Constable Recruitment examinations 2012. He helped Govind Chouhan of Ujjain, Om Shankar Soni of Bhind. Govind Chouhan failed to clear the physical test after clearing the written test. Om Shankar Soni after clearing the examinations was posted at Gwalior. Chouhan has been arrested earlier by the STF. Both Mehta and Chouhan would be produced in the court. Mehta has been questioned twice earlier in the different examination scams.
He was questioned for PMT -2012 examination and Sanskrit Board Examination Scams. The links of Mehta in the Sanskrit Board Examinations scam were also revealed after the arrest of Harshit Shrivastava who used to work as manager at offset printing business owned by Mehta and was nabbed in producing fake results of Sanskrit Board Examinations scam.