Bhopal: The Vyapam scam is getting murkier by the day as one more death has been reported in connection with the scam. A constable in Madhya Pradesh, who was to appear as a witness in the Vyapam scam, died two months ago, a Special Task Force told a court on Wednesday, according to a NDTV report.
Sanjay Kumar Yadav was a resident of Uttar Pradesh and was to testify against three accused persons on Wednesday.
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Earlier, on Tuesday, Justice Chandresh Bhushan, who is supervising the investigation into the scam said that the number of deaths linked to the scam were not ‘mysterious’ but ‘abnormal’.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court today will hear six petitions for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh.
According to reports, by Chief Justice HL Dattu agreed to give an urgent hearing after the petitioner, which include Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, called for an investigation into the scam by the CBI which should be monitored by the apex court as well as the dismissal of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav, who has also been linked with the same.
