MP lawyers demand CBI probe into Vyapam scam
Seek President’s intervention on the issue
Even
as Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has written to the Special Task
Force probing the Vyapam scam about the slow pace of investigations, 11
Bar associations of Madhya Pradesh have requested Governor Ram Naresh
Yadav to refer the matter to the President for conducting a CBI probe.
In
a letter addressed to Assistant Inspector General (STF-Vyapam) Ashish
Khare, Mr. Singh expressed his displeasure at the STF not registering
any “case of cognizable offence” against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh.
“I
always thought that for Investigating agencies, order /judgment of
Hon’ble High Court and Hon’ble Supreme Court are binding but in this
case I am disappointed...(but) It seems the office of Chief Minister
outweighs all other judicious actions,” he wrote.
He
said the STF had neither registered a case nor began investigation into
the allegations of tampering of evidence levelled by him.
“I
informed SIT that there is destruction/tampering of evidence by
Investigating agencies to shield the Chief Minister”, Mr. Singh wrote.
The Congress leader said the STF had not responded to his calls for providing evidence in the case.
Meanwhile,
several lawyers submitted a memorandum to governor Ram Naresh Yadav,
requesting him to refer the Vyapam scam to the President for it to be
investigated by the CBI.
The lawyers also urged the
Governor to seek Presidential sanction to book Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan and Union Minister Uma Bharti, claiming the STF had not
made her an accused despite her name figuring in the “original” as well
as the “tampered” excel sheets that have been part of the key evidence
in the probe.
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