CBI finds no truth in Digvijaya Singh's allegations in Vyapam Scam
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found no truth in the allegations made by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in the Vyapam scam.
In Short
- Digvijaya Singh had alleged that the hard disk which was initially seized by the Indore police, containing data of Vyapam was tampered.
- He also alleged that the name of CM which appeared in the hard disk was removed 48 times.
- CBI after investigating the case has informed that the allegations levelled by Digvijaya Singh and Prashant Pandey was false.
In a major relief to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh Chouhan, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found no truth in the allegations made by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.
Digvijaya Singh had alleged that the hard disk which was initially seized by the Indore police, containing data of Vyapam was tampered and name of CM which appeared 48 times was removed.
The CBI after investigating the case has informed the CBI court that the allegations levelled by Digvijaya Singh and Prashant Pandey was false. The petitioners alleged that there was a reference of CM in the excel files in the hard disk. Prashant
Pandey had also submitted two pen drives with five excel sheets. CBI says all the five excel files in the pen drive provided by Prashant Pandey were created or modified after 18.07.2013 where as the computer containing the hard disk was last shut on 15 July 2013.
India Today has accessed the chargesheet on Vyapam case which was filed by CBI on Tuesday. The agency filed chargesheet in this case against 490 which includes 84 accused persons (candidates referred as engine and bogey), 22 guardians and a middleman. Vyapam officials Nitin Mohindra, Ajay Kumar Sen and CK Mishra have also been chargesheeted by the CBI.
CBI ON MODUS OPERANDI
Racketeers were arranging for beneficiary candidates - code named as bogey - and solvers - code named as engine. The pairing of engine and bogey was done by the racketeers.
The racketeers got the roll number from Vyapam officials in such a manner that bogey candidates used to sit behind engine candidates.
Engine candidates are mostly medical college students or bright aspirants from medical coaching institutes. They were mostly from Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi.
CBI drew up a database of 10 lakh such students from medical colleges and coaching institutes. As many as 42 accused were identified from this database.
CBI FINDINGS ON HARD DISK
Hitachi HDD was seized from Nitin Mohindra's office on 18 July 2013. The disk was installed in his computer purchased by Vyappam.
The computer was shut down last on 15 July 2013.
CBI said that all the five excel files in the pen drive provided by Prashant Pandey were created or modified after 18 July 2013.
CBI said that the pen drive provided by Prashant Pandey to High Court were created after the seizure of the hard disk. CBI also said that there was no grain of truth that the hard disk was tampered.
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