Vyapam: A scam that won't die, continues to throw up fresh twists

Key documents related to the seven-year-old scam go missing from medical college in Gwalior

Seven years after the infamous Vyapam scam hit the headlines, the case continues to throw up fresh twists that are keeping the investigators busy. Recently, key documents related to the scam reportedly went missing from the records of Gajra Raja Medical College in Gwalior. The gargantuan frauds allegedly committed by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), popularly known by its Hindi acronym Vyapam (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal), is clearly an issue that the state government, which is going to the polls in a few months, will find hard to live down.

It all started quietly enough. In 2009 Gwalior-based Ashish