AAP calls for CBI probe into Vyapam scam

The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday called for a CBI inquiry into the Vyapam scam, adding that the latest death in connection with the case, that of journalist Akshay Singh, points to a nexus of politicians, officials and dalals involved in the affair.

"It is becoming very clear that politicians, officials and dalals are involved in the Vyapam scam. Around 1,800 people have been arrested in connection with the case, the prime among which was former Madhya Pradesh education minister Laxmikant Sharma and there is an FIR against the state Governor," AAP leader Alok Agarwal said at a press conference here.

"Over the past few weeks, there have been repeated deaths associated with this case. We demand a CBI enquiry into journalist's death all other deaths associated with this case," he added.

Meanwhile, his party colleague Dilip Pandey brought attention to the statement of the eyewitness present.

"It is very unfortunate that a journalist, who was investigating the Vyapam scam, has died under mysterious circumstances. The eyewitnesses said that his mouth was frothing before he died. The post mortem report has not yet come and Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya is already stating that he died of a heart attack. Does he has so much faith in the system that he feels that whatever he pronounces is what the post mortem report will say?" he said.

Akshay Singh, a journalist working for a leading Delhi-based news channel, on Saturday suddenly took ill and died after having interviewed parents of a girl who had been found dead near railway tracks, after her name figured in the Vyapam scam.

The journalist was rushed to the civil hospital and later to a private hospital, but doctors failed to revive him. From there he was taken to another hospital in nearby Dahod in Gujarat, where he was declared brought dead.