CBI gets nod to prosecute top DME officials in Vyapam scam
P.Naveen @timesgroup.com
Bhopal:24.12.2021
The Madhya Pradesh government has permitted CBI to prosecute a former director and a joint director of the state medical education department for their alleged role in the Vyapam scam related to pre-medical test-2013.
CBI officials say this would be ‘the end’ of their investigations into the Vyapam scam. “It was only after a letter from the central vigilance commission that the state government released their sanctions,” said a CBI officer, adding that the charge-sheet would be filed before December 30.
After CBI chargesheeted 500-plus people, including some high profile businessmen in the PMT 2012 scam, Vyapam whistleblowers had accused the central agency of overlooking the PMT 2013 case in which they claimed around 200 state quota seats were ‘auctioned’ by six private medical colleges.
Dr Anand Rai, one of the whistleblowers in the Vyapam scam, had filed a complaint before Supreme Court, alleging that state quota medical seats were sold to ineligible students by private medical colleges in PMT-2013.
‘No panchayat poll without OBC quota’
The Madhya Pradesh assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday that panchayat polls should not be held in the state without OBC reservation. Last Friday, the Supreme Court had directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to stay the poll process on OBC-reserved seats in panchayats, and re-notify them for the general category. It triggered a political storm in Madhya Pradesh, with ruling BJP and opposition Congress blaming each other. This has led to noisy scenes in the assembly as well. TNN
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