BHOPAL, May 18: A special CBI court for Vyapam cases in Bhopal sentenced 10 persons, including four candidates, to three years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case of fraudulent MBBS admissions through PMT-2009, conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam).
The court imposed a total fine of Rs 16,000 on the convicts.
The case was initially registered by Koh-e-Fiza police in Bhopal on Feb 12, 2015, based on a complaint alleging large-scale irregularities in MBBS admissions at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, between 2006 and 2012.
The Vyapam scam has engulfed over 3,000 accused, including students, officials, and middlemen, and resulted in over 100 convictions.
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