BHOPAL: A special CBI court on Wednesday convicted four persons in a Vyapam-related case, and sentenced them to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment.
Those convicted have been identified as Pushpendra Singh Jadon, O K Yadav, Manoj Singh Kushwaha and impersonator Shrinivas Singhal. CBI had registered the case on August 5, 2015, in compliance with an SC order after taking over the Vyapam probe from MP STF.
It was alleged that selection of police constables in the 2012 recruitment test, conducted by Vyapam, was done through unfair means. CBI filed the chargesheet on July 28, 2018, in the court of ninth additional sessions judge, CBI Vyapam cases. Those accused included candidates who had allegedly managed their selection in the recruitment test through unfair means and by using impersonators. The court found them guilty and sentenced them.
