Bhopal:
Amid a raging controversy over the mysterious deaths of people linked to the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, a former government official who is an accused in the case was sent back to jail on Tuesday evening after being briefly hospitalised.
OP Shukla, who was the Officer on Special Duty to former minister Laxmikant Mishra, who is also in jail as a prime accused in the scam that has acquired mega proportions, was admitted to the Government Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal on Monday evening after complaining of illness.
The 44-year-old is suffering from muscular dystrophy, high blood pressure and diabetes, MR Patel, the Superintendent of Central Jail in Bhopal, told the Press Trust of India.
"After admitting him yesterday, he was examined by the doctors who found him fit and advised that he doesn't need further hospitalisation," Mr Patel said yesterday.
Mr Shukla is one of the key accused in the scam - he was allegedly involved in the manipulation of results of the test for recruitment of contractual teachers in the state in 2012.
The Vyapam scam is centred on lakhs of people allegedly paying bribes to politicians and bureaucrats in return for government jobs or for places in educational institutes.