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Congress demands SC-monitored CBI probe in Vyapam case
New Delhi, July 5
The Congress on Sunday
demanded a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe into the deaths of more
than 40 people connected with the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, adding
the matter needs to be investigated thoroughly and impartially.
"A
Supreme Court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe is
needed (in the matter). There is no bar on it even as the Special
Investigating Team (SIT) is already probing the case," Congress
spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at a press conference here.
The
Madhya Pradesh Police's Special Investigating Team (SIT) was not doing
enough to unearth the truth and the case should now be transferred to
the CBI, he said.
Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party too demanded on
Sunday that the Supreme Court oversee the SIT's probe into the scam
after a television reporter covering the scam died in Madhya Pradesh
under mysterious circumstances.
The Congress also accused Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of "misleading the people
and parroting his old line" on the demand to get the case investigated
by an impartial investigative agency.
The admission and
recruitment racket in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal
(Vyapam) or the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board apparently
involves politicians, officials and businessmen.
More than 40
people associated with the scam have died since 2013 - either in
mysterious circumstances or have committed suicides.
"We want
the truth to come out. Justice should prevail. We all must join our
heads and hands so that justice is served to the victims," Surjewala
said.
The Congress leader also condoled the death of Akshay
Singh, an Aaj Tak TV channel's journalist, and Arun Sharma, dean of a
medical college in Madhya Pradesh, connected with the scam probe, since
Saturday.