Vyapam scam got its name from 21 entrance tests are conducted by the Vyavsayik Priksha Mandal. It is a government body Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Priksha Mandal tasked with conducting entrance exams

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The suicide of Praveen Yadav has thrown fresh light onto the notorious Vyapam scam. His death was preceded by that of many others, who were involved in the scam EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE Timeline of key deaths PRAVEEN is one of the many accused in the Vyapam scam, who is no more. He March 26, 2015 Sailesh Yadav: Madhay took his own life on Wednesday. Pradesh governor ’s son, Sailesh More than 45 people, who were in- Yadav a key accused in the Vyapam scam died of volved in the scam in one way or the other, have either been killed or have brain haemorrhage. He was wanted by Madhya killed themselves. Pardesh police’s special task force. Most of the deaths were reportedly under mysterious cirumstances. May 8, 2015 Vijay Singh: An accused in the Vyapam scam, he was found dead under mysterious What is the Vyapam scam? circumstances in Chattisgarh. He was arrested by In July 2013, the police arrested STF and was on bail when he died. 20 people who had to come to the city to write Madhya Pradesh Professional Ex- May 31, 2015 Ramendra Singh Bhaduria: amination Board (MPPEB) conducts He was found hanaging from a ceiling fan at his medical entrance exams as well as ex- house, a few days after a case was registered against ams for government jobs. him. Police claimed that he bribed the board officials. It was found that they were imposters who were hired to appear for the exam on behalf of the registered candidates. in advance. After the scam was uncov- handed over to CBI. In February 2017, July 3, 2015 Akshay Singh: He was reporter For that, they were paid up to Rs ered. in 2003, Dr Anand Rai, who was a the CBI found that as many as 121 people of Aaj Tak dies while investigating the scam. 100,000. professor of MGM Medical College, filed appeared as impersonators. Subsequent investigation uncovered a petition in July 2013 seeking a detailed The scam was worth Rs 2000 core. July 4, 2015 8 Dr DK Sakalley: Dr SK the role of a racket that routinely in- investigation into the scam. However, Vyapam scam grabbed noto- Sakalley dean of Jabalpur’s Netaji Subhash Chandra dulged in exam fraud. It had the support Subsequently, in October 2013, the riety for the spree of mysterious deaths Bose Medical College was found inside a hotel room of politicians and bureaucrats. Madhya Pradesh government created a that followed its uncovering in 2013. in Delhi. He was a member of the college committee Often practicing doctors would be special task force to investigate scam. From journalists who investigated the probing the scam. paid to impersonate candidates with the Over 2,000 arrests were made by June scam to middlemen who brokered the connivance of the board officials. The 2015. Some big names including former deals and corrupt officials, dozens have July 5, 2015, Arul Sharma: Dean of a medical malpractices were not confined to the Madhya Pradesh Technical Education lost their lives under mysterious circum- college in MP was found dead in a hotel. He was use of impersonators. minister Laxmikanth Sharma, OP Shuk- stances. For this reason, it was dubbed reportedly assisting the investigators It was found that MPPEB authorities la who was on special duty under Shar- “killer scam.” were bribed to manipulate answer sheets ma, and suspended IPS Officer Sudhir Most of the dead were killed in in ac- so as to give certain candidates high per- Sharma, racket leader Dr Jagdish Sagar cidents. Irregularities in Vyapam en- June 1, 2015 Lalit Golaria: His dead body was centages. Also, it was found that certain and Sanjeev Shipakar were nabbed. trance tests were reported since mid found under a bridge in Morena district of Madhya candidates were given answer keys well In June 2015, the investigation was 1990s. Pradesh. He was facing arrest.