BHOPAL: Two doctors from Uttar Pradesh have been arrested by Special Task Force on Sunday for their alleged involvement in MP PMT scam.

Virendra Jain, additional SP, STF Gwalior, told TOI, Vijay Saxena, a 2008 batch medico from Farukhabad would bring his girlfriend Swati Kaneri, a medico from Benaras Hindu University (BHU), as imposter, to appear in MPPMT for different candidates.

In 2009, Swati allegedly appeared for Monika Yadav, daughter of then city superintendent of police Mahipal Yadav, posted in Gwalior. A brilliant student and resident of Bulandshahar, next year, she appeared for Priyanka Shrivastava, also a resident of Gwalior. For both her appearances, the duo was paid Rs 4.5 lakh each, he said. Both Monika and Priyanka were selected in PMT.

When the scam was unearthed, both were rusticated from medical college. Monika was arrested while her father, Mahipal, is on the run. Priyanka is also on the run, Jain said.

Police said Vijay and Swati were friends since their days of coaching classes where they were classmates. Vijay was introduced into the scam by Shailandra Niranjan and his accomplice Deepak Yadav- both now under arrest.

Priyanka Shrivastava is wife of Vishal Yadav, another accused in MPPEB, who was also arrested earlier.

