Recorded meeting with Chouhan for defence: Vyapam whistleblower

“I recorded the conservation secretly not to blackmail the state government, but for my own defence, in case the government could have recorded my secret meeting with Chouhan and leak its selected portion to defame me later. If such a scenario arose, I would release the unedited version to save myself,” he said.

The 38-year-old whistleblower claimed that he had recorded the conversation using a wristwatch built with a recorder and a camera. He said this meeting took place on August 11 at the Chief Minister’s official residence in the Shyamla Hills area from 9.45 pm to 10.50 pm.

When asked whether as whistleblower he will make public the recording of this secret meeting, he said: “At present, I don’t want to <g data-gr-id="26">public</g> this recording as it amounts to immorality.” 

He said by withdrawing his and his wife Gauri Rai’s transfer orders, the MP state <g data-gr-id="23">overnment</g> has “admitted its mistake”, adding that he would continue his fight against the Vyapam scam as earlier.

Earlier in the day, the state government took a U-turn on the issue of transferring the physician couple and posted them back to Indore.

The government also dismissed Rai’s allegations that the Chief Minister had asked him not to name him (Chouhan) and his family members in the infamous Vyapam and DMAT scam in lieu of cancelling his (Rai’s) and his wife’s transfer orders.

Rai alleged that since he had complained against MP ministers and powerful BJP leaders in the Vyapam and DMAT scam, the government transferred him and his wife to settle scores with him.