Vyapam scam: CBI registers three fresh cases

The agency also registered a case in connection with the mysterious death of MBBS student Namrata Damor.

July 17, 2015 05:47 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 01:53 am IST - Bhopal

Photo shows Joint Director CBI R.P. Agrawal arriving in Bhopal on Monday. Photo: A. M. Faruqui

Photo shows Joint Director CBI R.P. Agrawal arriving in Bhopal on Monday. Photo: A. M. Faruqui

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday registered three fresh cases in connection with the Vyapam scam including that of 'murder' in the >mysterious death of MBBS student Namrata Damor in 2012. With this, the number of FIRs registered by the national investigating agency has gone up to eight.

The CBI team had registered five cases in connection with the alleged scam which >included a case against member of Madhya Pradesh Backward Classess and Minorities Commission member and his son.

While the Madhya Pradesh police had maintained that 19-year-old was suffering from depression and had committed suicide, two sets of doctors had given different opinions about her death raising suspicion.

The girl, who allegedly took the illegal route to gain admission in Gwalior Medical College, is believed to have been a witness to happenings in the case.

A case under 302 (murder) of the IPC has been registered to probe her death.

The second case relates to alleged illegalities in the Pre-Medical Test of 2010 and only one person has been named as an accused.

The third case pertains to alleged irregularities during an examination conducted by Vyapam in 2010 in which the State police had named four accused. Seven more accused were included by the Special Task Force in this case.

The investigating agency also launched a probe into the mysterious deaths of five persons associated with the scam.

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