Bhopal: It looked like the Vyapam Scam had taken a short break. It’s back hogging the limelight with another mysterious death being reported. The place in question, this time, is Odisha.
The latest prey of this scam is reported to be Vijay Bahadur, a retired Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer. He was found dead on railway tracks in Jharsuguda and his
body was discovered early on October 15.
He had served as an observer for two recruitment tests conducted by the Vyapam.
As per reports published in a leading daily, Bahadur had gone to Puri in Odisha with his wife Nita Singh.While returning, he seems to have passed away mysteriously, his body being discovered on the tracks near Bhopal.
According to Dilip Bag, deputy superintendent of police, GRP (Jharsuguda), Bahadur prima facie died after falling from the moving train.
As per his wife Nita, he had gone missing near Raigarh station, some 70km from Jharsuguda.
Bahadur died in circumstances similar to the death of medical student Namrata Damor, whose body was also found on railway tracks near Ujjain in January 2012.
All Vyapam scam related cases were recently handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Supreme Court had earlier this month observed that mysterious deaths related to the scandal had “suddenly stopped” after the central agency started its probe.
The opposition in Madhya Pradesh has alleged that people linked to the Vyapam scam were dying mysteriously as part of a conspiracy to silence key witnesses.
(with inputs from agencies)