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MARCHING TO THE DECEPTION BEAT
India Today
|June 23, 2025
The fraud in MP Police's selection test for constables shows the practice still thrives in the land of Vyapam scam
THE INFAMOUS VYAPAM SCAM, which had once grown like weed over the state recruitment process, has just had a baby—in the digital age. The shadow of corruption this time is on a selection test held in 2023 to conscript fresh constables into Madhya Pradesh Police. As is usual in India, there were 7,411 posts and more than 950,000 applicants. So it seems the cannier ones among those who aspired to be footsoldiers of the law broke the law in the first instance, allegedly using impersonation, tampered documents and sophisticated biometric swaps.
This story is from the June 23, 2025 edition of India Today.
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