Sudhir Sharma chargesheeted by STF in constable recruitment scam

BHOPAL: Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday submitted charge sheet against nine people including mining baron Sudhir Sharma in connection with the scam in constable recruitment exam conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination board (MPPEB).
In its 400-page charge-sheet STF claimed that police officer Ajay Pawar, who is already in jail in other scams, had got one Preetam Malviya, a security guard of Videocon company selected as constable by taking Rs 5 lakh.STF has not arrested Pawar in this so far. Sharma, as per his statement, has confessed recommending names of certain candidates to MPPEB officials
Sudhir Sharma had surrendered before a local court in July three months after STF announced a reward of Rs 5,000 on him. Sharma, who was a school teacher, was very close to arrested former Higher and Technical Education Minister, Laxmikant Sharma.
Just a few years ago Sudhir Sharma was a teacher at Saraswati Shishu Mandir School and his family was into a small-scale dairy business in Jhabua. Till 2003, Sharma was a lecturer at Samrat Ashok Technical Institute in Vidisha district. After BJP came to power in December 2003, Sharma was shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Praudyogiki Vishwavidhyala (RGPV), Bhopal, and was appointed protocol officer of minister Laxmikant Sharma, who also held mining portfolio. This proved a turning point in Sudhir Sharma's life. Soon he started his first mine at Jhabua. He became a close confidant of Laxmikant Sharma and started a company S R Ferro Alloys. Now, Sudhir Sharma has mining interests in Rewa, Satna, Rajgarh, Kareli, Sagar, Chhattarpur, Jhabua, Panna, Dhar and other districts. He became the mining baron of Madhya Pradesh in last six years, and his group ventured into mining, pharmaceutical, agriculture, education and IT-enabled services.
CBI is also probing the case of alleged payments made by his company to officials of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) as mentioned in an income tax appraisal report.