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Vyapam case: CBI terms Namrata's death a murder, files three FIRs
Bhopal, July 17 The CBI has registered
three FIRs in the Vyapam scam -- including one related to the mysterious death of
Namrata Damor which has now been considered as a murder, sources said on
Friday. It has also taken custody of the case diary of journalist Akshay
Singh's death case.
Contrary to an earlier observation on Namrata's death, the CBI investigating
the Madhya Pradesh Vyapam scam and the deaths related to it on Friday opted to
view it as a murder case, CBI sources said.
The agency filed a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code against
unidentified people, after the case diary of Namrata's death was handed over to
the CBI on Thursday night.
The number of First Information Reports (FIRs) filed in the Vyapam scam so far
has now reached eight.
Jhabua Police Superintendent Abid Khan told IANS the case diary on death of TV
journalist Akshay Singh has been sent to the CBI.
Akshyay Singh was found dead in mysterious circumstances in Jhabua's Meghnagar
while covering the Namrata Damor death case, viewed as most sensational of all
other deaths linked to the Vyapam scam.
The body of Namrata Damor, a second-year MBBS student of Indore city's Mahatma
Gandhi Medical College on January 7, 2012, was found on Shivpura-Bherupur rail
track in Ujjain district, police sources said.
With regard to Pre-Medical Test 2010, two incidents have been registered and 12
people have been mentioned as accused, CBI sources added.
Meanwhile, the Congress party here on Friday said no court had given any clean
chit to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan but the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party is falsely claiming that he has been given a 'clean
chit' by court in the scam.
State Congress spokesperson K.K. Mishra said: "Neither the court has give
Chouhan any clean chit nor termed Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and
whistleblower Prashant Pandey's excel-sheet wrong. Still, from BJP's Nandkumar
Chouhan to union minister Prakash Javadekar they are saying the chief minister
has got clean chit."
A 40-member CBI team under supervision of Joint Director R.P. Aggarwal began
probing the Vyapam scam earlier this week on the directive of the Supreme
Court.
Vyapam (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal) conducts recruitment and entrance exams not
organised by the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission.
The Vyapam scam came to light in 2013 and has since assumed mind-boggling
proportions, leading to the arrest of nearly 2,100 people. At least 40 people
linked in some way to the scam have also died, either in mysterious
circumstances or have committed suicide.