Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) probing the MP Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam arrested a man and his daughter in connection with Pre Medical Test (PMT) 2012.
STF arrested Rajesh Asrani a resident of Jabalpur and his daughter Rabina Asrani, MBBS student of Government NSB Medical College Jabalpur. Both the accused were immediately produced in the court after arrest. The court sent Rabina in judicial custody in Bhopal central jail while accepting STF demand handed over accused Rajesh to STF for remand and further enquiry. The STF is doing further interrogation with him.
Rajesh is a dealer of Panasonic Company and owns a shop in Jabalpur. He got his daughter Rabina selected in the PMT 2012 through wrong means.
A team of the STF would soon search Asrani’s home in Jabalpur and Rabina’s college to obtain documents related to her. The STF had already filed a charge sheet in the Indore bench of the high court against 28 persons including some officials of the board.
Notably, worried over involvement of senior officials of MPPEB in various recruitment test scam, the state government formed a six member committee to suggest fair and transparent fair mechanism in the MP Professional Examination Board known as MPPEB.
The committee comprising additional chief secretary, finance, Ajaynath, principal secretary, home, RK Swai, secretary, food and civil supplies Ashok Barnawal, secretary IT, Hariranjan Rao, IG stamp and duty Deepali Rastogi has been asked to submit its report within a month.
Also, suggestions came for restructuring of MPPEB and online system for all entrance tests and job selection tests. Officials said that the board would take feedback from central government’s bodies like the CBSE, IITs and IIMs conducting online examinations.