In a recent development in the Vyapam scam, former Madhya Pradesh Minister Laxmikant Sharma and seven others on Saturday received a clean chit from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The premier investigation agency said that Sharma and the seven others accused were given a clean chit due to lack of evidence in the case.
Earlier this week, the CBI had filed a charge-sheet in Bhopal against 26 persons who had allegedly rigged a recruitment test conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) or 'Vyapam' in 2012.
The accused included 19 candidates who allegedly tried to pass the test for transport constable's post by greasing the palms of middlemen and Vyapam officials.
On December 18 last year, a CBI court in Indore had sentenced Manoj, an accused in the case, to five years in prison.
The Vyapam scam is an admission and recruitment fraudulent scheme, beginning in 1995, involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB).
The admission and recruitment scam that was unearthed in 2013 pertains to alleged irregularities in the PMT-2013 examination conducted by the MPPEB, popularly known as 'Vyapam' (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal).
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(With inputs from agencies)
