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.
File Photo | PTI
File Photo | PTI

NEW DELHI: 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.

The CBI had earlier registered an FIR against 52 accused in the Vyapam scam.

It had also registered 13 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.

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