While investigating the infamous Vyapam cases, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered an FIR and a Preliminary Enquiry (PE).
The CBI registered an FIR under sections 120B, 417, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 477A of the IPC; sections 65 and 66 of the IT Act; section 13(2) and 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988 and Section 3/4 of the MP Recognised Examination Act, against 20 accused including then Controller of Examinations, Vyapam; then System Analyst, Vyapam; then Assistant Programmer, Vyapam; then Minister for Technical Education, Madhya Pardesh and then OSD to Minister for Technical Education (M.P) relating to alleged illegalities committed in the Combined Assistant Programmer, IT Operator, Data Entry Operator and Computer Operator recruitment test conducted by Vyapam in 2013.
The Preliminary Enquiry registered related to the unnatural death of lalit Kumar (age 28 years), resident of Anand Nagar in Gwalior. The alleged unnatural death occurred on January 16, 2015 in Morena. Inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC were conducted at Police Station Noorabad in Morena district on January 16, 2015. The deceased was an alleged accused in FIR No; 449/2013 of Police Station Jhansi Road, Gwalior.
With this, the CBI has so far registered 15 FIRs in connection with the Vyapam scam, while six Preliminary Enquiries (PEs) have been registered to investigate suspected deaths.
Further process of taking over of the remaining cases is under way.
On the directions of the Supreme Court of India, the CBI had taken over the investigation of the Vyapam cases.