Accused in several examination scams of Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), former Exam Controller Pankaj Trivedi and former OSD of ex-minister, OP Shukla would be produced in the court on Saturday by investigating agency STF.
On October 1, 2014 the accused were sent to police custody for three days. In the investigation both Trivedi and Shukla confessed to irregularities in the Police Constable Recruitment Examination-2013. In the Constable Recruitment Examination-2013 examination fraud the STF has also found the role of MPPEB officials suspicious and in investigating on those lines.
The STF arrested Pankaj Trivedi and OP Shukla on Tuesday and were produced in the court on Wednesday and were sent under police custody till October 4.
In the investigation of Constable Recruitment Examination-2013 examination fraud it was found that Vijay Patel who was arrested earlier has facilitated clearing in the Constable Recruitment Examination-2013 in return of around Rs4.5 lakh each from Satish Gurjar and Bhanu Pratap who are residents of Gwalior.
OP Shukla has collected the money through his close aide Vijay Tripathi from Patel. After collecting the money Shukla provided the named of the candidates to Trivedi who later facilitated the clearing of the examination of the two accused candidates. This whole information has been provided by the Shukla and Trivedi during the investigation.
STF has intensified the search for nabbing the others who have been benefitted through the nexus and cleared the examination. Few of the candidates have joined after the selection which would also be investigated.