The Vyapam scam which shook India with over 45 mysterious deaths attracted international attention holding 19th place in Wikipedia's 'Most viewed pages'.
According to Wikipedia’s report for the week ending July 11, Baahubali stood in 9 position with 8,10,328 views and Vyapam scam got 6,22,562 views. Another Wikipedia’s report on ‘Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week’, Vyapam stands 15 overtaking the legendary tennis plauer Roger Federer who was on 16 place.
Wikipedia describes the Vyapam Scam as a "cheating scandal, in which candidates for government jobs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh paid already qualified people to either impersonate them or to allow them to copy their answers, has engulfed doctors, politicians (including a former education minister) and other individuals throughout the state and involved a surprising number of suspicious deaths. This week the gradually unfolding mess was handed over to the CBI, the Indian equivalent of the FBI."