Chouhan courted controversy saying that he was not ashamed but proud of the ongoing CBI probe into the Vyapam scam and added that the probe would not have taken place if the chief minister wanted.
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Both houses of parliament on Friday witnessed strong protests by the Congress-led opposition over the Madhaya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal or Vyapam scam.
The eighth case has been registered on the same grounds against two others for the same examination conducted by Vyapam.
At the outset, the Solicitor General said there are all together 185 cases and charge sheets have been filed in 78 of them and the priority of the CBI is to take over those cases in which the investigation was undergoing.
According to sources, a case has been registered against 22 persons on allegations of impersonation by certain persons in respect of 5 candidates in Vyapam conducted pre medical test 2011.
“On the directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, CBI has taken over the investigation of the said FIR which was earlier registered by the Madhya Pradesh Police”.
The official said further process of taking over of remaining cases was under way.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu had on July 9 transferred the probe of all Vyapam cases, including the related deaths, to CBI.
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The court was told that STF have registered 55 cases out of which 26 are under investigation and in 29 cases the trial is already underway. The bench also said that the CBI should be in a position to complete the task of appointing lawyers to prosecute the offenders in various special CBI courts in Madhya Pradesh within six weeks.
