{"id":303327,"date":"2018-09-27T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T11:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=303327"},"modified":"2018-09-27T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T11:19:33","slug":"vyapam-scam-court-ordered-fir-against-digvijaya-singh-kamal-nath-jyotiraditya-scindia-and-whistleblower-prashant-pandey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vyapam-scam-court-ordered-fir-against-digvijaya-singh-kamal-nath-jyotiraditya-scindia-and-whistleblower-prashant-pandey\/","title":{"rendered":"Vyapam Scam: Court ordered FIR against &#8211; Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia and whistleblower Prashant Pandey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-299573 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/law-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/06\/law-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/06\/law-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/06\/law-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/06\/law-2.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A special court in Bhopal on Wednesday ordered the police to register an FIR against Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia and whistleblower Prashant Pandey on a petition filed by BJP&#8217;s\u00a0legal cell advocate\u00a0Santosh Sharma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The court ordered has come after the\u00a0BJP\u00a0activist&#8217;s petition which alleged that the\u00a0Congress\u00a0leaders had submitted forged evidences before the Court. The petitioner had also accused the Congress leaders of trying to \u201cmislead and manipulate\u201d the investigation being carried out by STF, SIT and CBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sharma\u2019s complaint came after Digvijay Singh had on September 17, filed a private complaint with\u00a027,000-page chargesheet\u00a0in a Bhopal Court, seeking criminal prosecution against chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a number of police officers alleging that investigative agencies had not acted against Chouhan in the Vyapam scam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Vyapam scam pertains to college admissions and government recruitments that was unearthed in 2013 pertains to alleged irregularities in the examination conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), involving senior officials, politicians and businessmen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special court in Bhopal on Wednesday ordered the police to register an FIR against Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia and whistleblower Prashant Pandey on a petition filed by BJP&#8217;s\u00a0legal cell advocate\u00a0Santosh Sharma. The court ordered has come after the\u00a0BJP\u00a0activist&#8217;s petition which alleged that the\u00a0Congress\u00a0leaders had submitted forged evidences before the Court. 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