In a major relief to the whistle-blower known as “Mr. X,” in the Vyapam scam (corruption in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board), the Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to allow the M.P. High Court constituted-Special Task Force and the Special Investigation Team to have exclusive access to information about the scandal or interrogate the whistle-blower.
The court further ordered the Delhi Police to continue monitoring his security for the next two months.
It was dismissing a plea from the STF asking the court to make the whistle-blower share information on the scandal only with it and the SIT.
“The copy of the original documents which contain the relevant information about the details of Vyapam Scam to be filed with the registrar general of MP High Court, which is already filed by me in Delhi High Court.
“We had petitioned the court that the life and limb of the “Mr. X” is under threat by influential persons from M.P. and M.P. Police,” said Badar Mahmood, the counsel on record for the whistle-blower.
On Thursday, the counsels for Mr. X also revealed that an accused in the scam wanted by the SIT had died under mysterious circumstances.
Jurisdiction
“It is a serious issue. Presently this case is under the jurisdiction of this court,” said the Judge, while disposing of the petition and directing that all sensitive documents including the original excel sheer, pen drive and CD must be sent to the M.P. High Court in a sealed cover.
The court further directed that all the parties be bound by whatever undertakings they had made before the court.
The Vyapam scam involves massive irregularities and corruption in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) or M.P. Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal, abbreviated in Hindi as Vyapam.
It has been alleged that officials at the board took money to compromise the examination and recruitment for several professional courses, mostly teaching recruitments. The accused are powerful politicians, senior bureaucrats and top businessmen.
“Mr. X”, the whistle-blower, is an IT expert who claimed to have sensitive information from the computers of the main accused.
