On the directions of the Supreme Court, the CBI has taken over the investigation into the Vyapam cases and on Wednesday registered the first set of three FIRs that were earlier registered by the Madhya Pradesh police.
The first case has been registered under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 and 120B of the IPC relating to alleged illegalities in the Pre- Medical Test (PMT) of Madhya Pradesh conducted in 2010 involving 21 accused persons.
The second case has been registered under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 B of the IPC and section 3/4 of the Madhya Pradesh Recognized Examination Act against eight accused and others on the allegations of impersonation, cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy in the Pre-Post Graduation (Pre-PG) Medical Examination of MP, conducted by the MPPEB in 2011.
The accused people in this case are Dr Gulab Singh Kirar, Dr Shakti Pratap Singh Kirar, former Controller of Vyapam Sudhir Bhadouriya, former Controller of Vyapam Pankaj Trivedi, Veer Bahadur Singh Bhadouriya and candidates Dr RV Shrivastava of Gwalior, Dr Vishal Yadav of Gwalior and Dr Rashmi Singh Parihar of Gwalior.
The third case has been registered under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC relating to alleged illegalities in the Pre- Medical Test conducted in 2009 and 2010 involving 28 accused persons.
Records have also been called from the District Police of Ujjain, Kanker, Gwalior, Jhabua and Indore relating to the alleged deaths of Namrata Damore, Vijay Patel, Rajendra Arya, Akshay Singh and Deepak Verma.
Further process of taking over the remaining cases is also underway.