The CBI on Saturday filed a chargesheet here against 26 persons who had allegedly rigged a recruitment test conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) or 'Vyapam' in 2012.
The chargesheet is part of the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) probe into what is known as the Vyapam scam— large-scale rigging of entrance and recruitment exams conducted by the MPPEB.
"We have filed a chargesheet in the court of special CBI judge Suresh Singh," said the central agency's special prosecutor for the Vyapam scam Satish Dinkar.
The MPPEB is better known by its Hindi acronym 'Vyapam' (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal).
"They have been charged with forgery, criminal conspiracy (under the IPC) as well as under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Information Technology Act," Dinkar said.
The accused include 19 candidates who allegedly tried to pass the test for transport constable's post by greasing the palms of middlemen and Vyapam officials, he said. Besides, it names Vyapam officials including former controller of exams Pankaj Trivedi and three middlemen.
