Taking further action in the Vyapam case, the CBI on Saturday decided to investigate nine more suspicious deaths. These deaths were earlier claimed to have had links with the Vyapam case.
Taking initiative in the case of these deaths, the CBI officials in a statement said that a preliminary enquiry (PE ) has been registered by the CBI into the deaths of nine persons alleged to be linked with the examinations conducted by Vyapam over the last few years, and in respect of which allegedly no police action was initiated by local police. The PE has been registered to examine whether these deaths were fallout of the Vyapam scam.
The first murder case was registered in the Vyapam scam by the CBI on Friday. The case relates to the death of 19-year old medical student Namrata Damor.
Names of these nine persons are — Anand Singh, Ashutosh Tiwari, Gyan Singh, Anant Ram Tagore, Ravendra Prakash Singh, Prem lata Pandey, Vikas Pandey, Rajendra Arya and Sanjay Kumar Yadav.
Besides, the CBI on Saturday registered two more cases in the Vyapam scam. With these two cases, total number of cases registered has reached 11.
The first case registered on Saturday is related to illegalities conducted in the Samvida Shala Shikshak Patrata Pareeksha Varg-III (Contractual School Teachers Eligibility Test — Grade-III) conducted in 2011 by the Vyapam of Madhya Pradesh.
A case has been registered under Sections 120B, 201, 409, 417, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC, Sections 3(d) (1) (2) / 4 of the Madhya Pradesh Recognised Examinations Act 1937, Sections 65 and 66 of the Information Technology Act; and Sections 7, 13(1)(d)(iii), 13(2) & 15 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. There are 99 persons mentioned as accused in this FIR.
The other case was related to illegalities conducted in the Samvida Shala Shikshak Patrata Pareeksha Varg-II (Contractual School Teachers Eligibility Test — Grade-II) conducted in 2011 by the Vyapam of Madhya Pradesh. The case has been registered under Sections 120B, 201, 409, 417, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC, sections 3(d)(1)(2) / 4 of the Madhya Pradesh Recognised Examinations Act 1937, Sections 65 and 66 of the Information Technology Act and Sections 7, 13(1)(d)(iii), 13(2) & 15 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. There are 76 persons mentioned as accused in this FIR.