Scribe covering Vyapam scam dies mysteriously

The Vyapam scam turned murkier on Saturday with an investigative journalist working for a leading Delhi-based news channel dying under mysterious circumstances soon after he interviewed parents of a girl who was found dead after her name figured in the massive admission and recruitment scandal.

Minutes after the interview, 38-year-old Akshay Singh started frothing at the mouth. He was rushed to civil hospital and later to a private hospital, but doctors failed to revive him. From there he was taken to another hospital in nearby Dahod in Gujarat, where he was declared brought dead. An official said late tonight that a panel of three doctors was conducting post mortem in Dahod.

Akshay, who worked for TV Today group, had today called on the parents of Namrata Damor, whose body had been found under near railway tracks in Ujjain district on January 7, 2012.Saturday’s incident took place in Meghnagar near Jhabua town.Namrata's father Mehtab Singh Damor said Akshay and two others visited their house this afternoon. After the interview was over, one of them was sent to get certain papers photocopied.