Two senior officers of the Special Task Force (STF) investigating the high-profile MPPEB scam have claimed to have received threats allegedly from some influential people involved in the racket.
"<g data-gr-id="25">Yes</g> they (STF top officers) had made a representation to me regarding some threatening calls to them like "hum <g data-gr-id="21">dekh</g> <g data-gr-id="22">lenge</g>" (will see you)...I have forwarded their grievances to the Madhya Pradesh High Court which is monitoring the probe into the scam, Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief, Justice (<g data-gr-id="23">Retd</g>) Chandresh Bhushan told a news agency when asked about the issue.
In their representation to the SIT chief, the state STF's Assistant Inspector General of Police Ashish Khare and Deputy Superintendent of Police D S Baghel, who are the key investigators in the scam, have sought protection, stating that they are being hounded by influential persons whom they are prosecuting, sources close to the officials said.
"We conveyed our grievances to the SIT about a fortnight back. The SIT will take a call on it," Khare said, without divulging any details of their grievances.
According to sources, the two officers have filed more than 15 <g data-gr-id="17">chargesheets</g> in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam, also known as Vyapam scam.
Their plea to the SIT chief assumes significance in the wake of deaths of 25 accused and witness in the scam.