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Vyapam scam: SC bench to pass an order on clarification

Bench of judges had concurred with regard to guilt of adopting unfair means by medical aspirants, but differed on quantum of sentence

Supreme Court to hear plea in Vyapam scam on Thursday

Scam refers to irregularities in Madhya Pradesh professional Examination board

CBI files fresh chargesheet against two in Vyapam cases

Agency has till now registered 155 FIRs and seven chargesheets in the scam

CBI files chargesheet against Vyapam scam accused

Chargesheet was filed before the special judge Raghvendra Singh Chouhan against Purshottam Khoiya

Vyapam accused Shivhare's police custody extended for two days

A notice of non-bailable warrant and attachment of property had also been issued against him

Uttar Pradesh STF, CBI arrest Vyapam case accused Ramesh Shivhare

Shivhare allegedly acted as a middleman and arranged for the impostors and dummy candidates to appear in the examination

Vyapam scam: CBI starts probe into death of retired IFS officer

Vijay Bahadur acted as an observer in two Vyapam recruitment tests of Madhya Pradesh

Vyapam scam: Mysterious death of retired IFS officer sparks fresh row

The Vyapam scam has once again come into the news after a retired bureaucrat, who was an observer for two recruitment tests in the scam, was found dead in Odisha.The body of retired Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer Vijay Bahadur has been found on a railway track in Jharsuguda.The Vyapam scam is an admission and recruitment scam involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen in Madhya Pradesh.All Vyapam scam related cases were recently handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Supreme Court has observed that mysterious deaths related to the scandal have "suddenly stopped" after the central agency started its probe.The opposition in the state has alleged that people linked to the Vyapam scam were dying mysteriously as part of a conspiracy to silence key witnesses.

CBI conducts searches at 40 places in UP, MP in Vyapam scam

CBI today carried out searches at nearly 40 places in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pardesh in connection with alleged irregularities in the conduct of examinations by MP Professional Examination Board or Vyapam.

Vyapam scam: CBI files affidavit in SC, seeks 3 more weeks to take handover of all cases

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) regarding the Vyapam investigations and sought three more weeks to take handover of all cases.

CBI registers one more case in Vyapam; total cases 71

CBI today registered one more case in connection with the alleged cheating, forgery and irregularities in the conduct of examinations by Vyapam in Madhya Pradesh, taking the total number of cases filed to 71. "A case has been registered u/s 120B r/w 417, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and Section 3(d)/4 of MP Recognised Examinations Act, 1937 against eight accused persons relating to an alleged illegalities committed in the Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013 conducted by Vyapam," CBI Press Information Officer R K Gaur said. CBI is fast-tracking taking over of cases related to Vyapam after it was pulled up by Supreme Court which had also asked it to file a report by August 24. Allegations of rampant corruption surfaced in professional examinations conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), also known as Vyapam, after RTI queries showed alleged involvement of top functionaries of state government offices. Former state Education Minister Laxmikant Sharma .

Vyapam: ED set to take possession of tainted assets

Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to take possession of assets worth Rs 15 crore belonging to a prime accused in a 'Vyapam' scam case in Madhya Pradesh. The agency, which attached the properties of the alleged mastermind Jagdish Sagar in this case in March this year, got confirmed yesterday the order from the Adjudicating Authority of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based in Delhi. The Authority is the first appellate authority and quasi-judicial body established to decide on attachment orders issued by the central probe agency under stringent anti-money laundering laws. "The Authority has ruled in favour of the agency in this case. The agency will soon take possession of these assets and enforce prohibitory orders under PMLA. Notices would be stuck on the said assets," sources said. The agency's office in Indore had attached about 21 acres of land, four luxury cars and jewellery and cash worth Rs 3.33 crore in the name of Sagar and the estimated market value of these .

70 Vyapam accused write to Prez seeking bail or nod to end lives

Seeking "justice" from President Pranab Mukherjee, 70 medical students and junior doctors, arrested in Vyapam scam and lodged in Gwalior Jail, have written a letter to him, in which they have requested him to release them on bail or allow them to kill themselves. The 70 accused have been arrested on charge of cracking the pre-medical test conducted by scam-ridden Vyapam, using unfair means. "We, the under trial accused in judicial custody, are in jail since a long time. As a result of this, our future is in complete darkness and we are under tremendous mental and social pressure. This is developing negative thoughts of suicidal tendency among us," says the letter, which is signed on behalf of the students by A S Yadav, father of one of the 70 accused lodged in Gwalior jail. "We are mostly junior doctors, who are working and others pursuing medical (MBBS) course. Our family and our financial condition has turned grim and our family is on the brink of starvation as we are languishing

CBI registers seven more FIRs in Vyapam scam

Seven more FIRs against at least 77 accused were registered today by the CBI to probe alleged irregularities in recruitment tests done by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) or 'Vyapam'. Three FIRs have been registered against 27 accused for their involvement in alleged irregularities in Police Constable Recruitment Test conducted by MPPEB in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, a press release issued by the CBI said. The fourth case has been filed against 12 accused persons on the allegations of cheating by impersonation in Jail Prahari Recruitment Test 2012, conducted by Vyapam, it said. Another FIR is also against 12 accused for alleged illegalities committed by them in Pre Medical Test, 2009. The sixth case has been registered against nine accused in connection with alleged illegality in the Forest Guard Examination 2012. The seventh case has been registered against 17 persons for alleged illegality in the Police Constable Test, 2013, it said. CBI has taken ...

CBI registers 8 more cases in Vyapam scandal

CBI today registered eight new FIRs in connection with its probe in alleged irregularities in the conduct of recruitment and admission tests undertaken by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board also known as Vyapam. CBI spokesperson said first case has been registered against three accused persons on the allegations of cheating by impersonation in Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013. The Second case has been registered against 13 persons on allegations of cheating by impersonation in Police Constable Recruitment Test 2012 conducted on September 30, 2012 while third case is against six persons on the allegations of cheating by impersonation in PMT 2010 examination, she said. The official said fourth case is against 20 persons, on the allegations of cheating by impersonation in Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013. She said fifth case is against two persons, on the allegations of cheating by impersonation in Police Constable Recruitment Test 2012 and sixth case is ...

Vyapam: SC asks CBI to inform it on taking over maximum cases

The Supreme Court today told CBI to inform it in three weeks about taking over of investigation of maximum number of cases out of 185 arising from Madhya Pradesh's Vyapam scam. The apex court also asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) that it should be in a position by next date of hearing on August 7 to fill necessary vacancies in the CBI as the agency has complained that shortage of man power was coming in the way of probe. It sought the assistance of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on the issue of filling of vacancies in the CBI. "You should be in a position to tell us we (CBI) have taken up the maximum cases," a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy said while making it clear to Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar that three weeks time would be sufficient for taking over the cases for investigations from Special Task Force (STF) and Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Madhya Pradesh. The bench said CBI should be in a ...

Vyapam scam: CBI registers 38 fresh FIRs

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday filed fresh FIRs against 38 accused in the Vyapam scam.On Thursday, the CBI had filed an FIR along with two preliminary enquiries, in connection with the controversial scam.It had earlier registered 65 FIRs and five preliminary inquiries into the case.The preliminary inquiries had been registered in Pre-Medical Test 2010, Pre-Post Graduation Medical Examination 2011, irregularities in Pre-Medical Test 2009 and 2010, Forest Guard Recruitment in 2013 and Pre-Medical Test 2011.The CBI had constituted a special team of 40 officers, headed by a Joint Director level officer, to probe the scam.The Supreme Court had earlier transferred all cases relating to the Vyapam scam to the CBI.

Vyapam whistle-blower's wife detained; he alleges harassment

Police here detained the wife of the Vyapam scam whistle-blower Prashant Pandey briefly and seized Rs 9.96 lakh cash from her alleging it to be 'hawala' money, with her husband calling it a witch-hunt. Acting on a tip-off about hawala transactions at Laxmi Motors, a private firm situated near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, police kept a vigil and noticed Meghna Pandey -- Prashant's wife -- coming out of the firm's office with a bag yesterday, Superintendent of Police O P Tripathi said. Meghna works at the firm as an HR manager. According to the SP, the women police officers searched her bag and found Rs 9.96 lakh in cash. She couldn't give a satisfactory explanation about the money so it was seized under section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code, he said. Meghna was allowed to go. Police had informed the Income Tax Department and other concerned authorities and further probe was on, the SP added. However, Prashant Pandey said the action was illegal and the money seized was their ..

Digvijay Singh is a born conspirator: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, uder fire over the Vyapam scam, has described Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh as a "born conspirator" and alleged that Congressmen always hit below the belt.

Vyapam scam: CBI likely to file status report before SC today

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file its status report in the Vyapam scam before the Supreme Court today.Petitions filed by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas and whistleblowers in the scam will also be heard by the apex court today.