Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday alleged that the probe conducted by Special Task Force into the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam was aimed at protecting CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his associates.
“STF probe into the MPPEB scam is totally helpless (laachar) and is aimed at protecting the CM, his family, influential politicians and officials close to him,” Singh said after a meeting with the SIT chairman Justice Chandresh Bhushan. Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed only recently by the Madhya Pradesh High Court after Singh filed a petition demanding a CBI probe into the scam where the entrance examinations for professional courses were allegedly rigged. “The way the probe is going on, the accused will not get punished and therefore I have demanded a CBI probe. How can an official whose confidential report will be written by the Chief Minister will be able to probe a case against himIJ
The STF’s investigation is so weak that conviction would not be possible in the court. It is not possible for MP police to conduct a probe against those in power in the State,” Singh said. He also alleged the computer hard disks seized from the possession of MPPEB officials were tampered with to save some influential people. He warned the STF officials that under the Information Technology Act, tampering with hard disks is a crime, cases can be registered under the act and can lead to prison terms.
Innocent students had been jailed, he said, adding that “if I were in power, I would ask the authorities to make these students approvers and ensure that middlemen and officials are put in the jail.”The former CM said he was going to set up a toll-free number at his residence so that people could give information about the MPPEB scam, the MP Public Service Commission scam and the mining scam. Identity of the caller will remain confidential, he said.