The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to entertain the state government's plea seeking a CBI probe into the Vyapam scam, stating that the matter is still under the Supreme Court.
The High Court has said that it would wait for the Supreme Court's observation on the matter deferring the matter July 20.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been facing the heat over the scam after a number of accused and witnesses connected with the case reportedly died under mysterious circumstances.
As many as 46 people associated with the scam as accused or witnesses have died under mysterious circumstances, according to latest reports.
Over the past week, a doctor related to the employment scam, a medical college dean and journalist Akshay Singh were also found dead.
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