the madhya pradesh lokayukta took cognizance of the matter of a complaint filed in jabalpur and initiated the investigations. the inquiry revealed that an institute pocketed rs. 1.5 crore by claiming to admit around 180 students. the institute forged the documents to claim the scholarship meant for the students. this revelation was only a tip of an iceberg and it was found that many political people and officials of tribal welfare department were involved in the scam. they were jointly operating hundreds of fake institutes to siphon off the scholarship money. in one of the cases, the scholarship amount was availed for same set of students from two different districts of the state.