New Delhi: In order to widen its probe into the contentious Vyapam scam, Central Bureau of Investiagtion (CBI) has so far registered 10 FIRs.
CBI Director Anil Sinha said the agency on Friday registered five more cases and that it will submit a report to the Supreme Court on the status of its probe.
The CBI has also registered a preliminary enquiry to probe the mysterious death of reporter Akshay Singh while investigating Vyapam-related developments in Madhya Pradesh.
MP Police had carried out inquest proceedings in Singh's case where he suddenly fell ill and died after interviewing father of Namrata Damor (one of the witnesses of Vyapam who died in 2012). "The inquest proceedings have been taken over by CBI by registering a Preliminary Enquiry," the CBI said.
On Friday, CBI registered a case under section 302 (murder) to probe the death of Damor, who allegedly took illegal route to gain admission in Gwalior medical college.
While the MP police had maintained that 19-year-old Damor, who was found dead on January seven, 2012, was suffering from depression and had committed suicide, two sets of doctors gave different opinions about her death raising suspicions.
The girl is believed to have been a witness to happenings in the case.
The second case relates to alleged illegalities in the Pre-Medical Test of 2010 in which only one person has been named as an accused.
The third case pertains to alleged irregularities during an examination conducted by Vyapam in 2010 in which the state police had named four accused. Seven more accused were included by the Special Task Force(STF) in this case.
The fourth FIR was filed in connection with the police recruitment of 2013 while the fifth was against 22 accused who allegedly impersonated candidates during PMT of 2009.
On July 13, the CBI took over the probe in the Vyapam scam, the massive admission and recruitment scandal, which has rocked Madhya Pradesh and dented the credibility of the state's BJP government.
Political parties, especially the Congress, are geared up to corner the Government on the multi-crore scam that also involved irregularities in job recruitments in the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning on Tuesday.
The scam involves professionals, high-profile politicians and bureaucrats with hundreds of people including aspirants and their parents in jail. Former MP Education Minister Laxmikant Sharma and several top bureaucrats are also behind the bars.
The role of MP Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has also come under cloud for allegedly favouring some aspirants. The STF had registered an FIR against him but the High Court quashed it citing immunity from criminal prosecution he enjoys in office. Supreme Court has also issued notices to Yadav and the Centre and state governments on petitions seeking his removal from the post.
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