Bhopal, June 3 -- At least a dozen persons have been arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board (MPESB) in connection with a major cheating scandal that occurred during the 2023 MP Police Constable Recruitment Exam. The case, which is being compared to the plot of the 2003 film Munnabhai MBBS, involves multiple fake candidates, known as 'solvers,' who took the exam on behalf of the actual applicants. The scheme was uncovered just before the fraudulent candidates were set to join the police force.
The MP Police Constable Recruitment Exam, held between August 12 and September 12, 2023, saw approximately 7 lakh applicants competing for 7,090 available positions. The results of the written exam were announced in March 2024, and f...