Vyapam scam: Viscera samples of journalist brought to AIIMS
8 July 2015 6:23 AM IST
“A police team has reached AIIMS with the viscera samples of TV journalist Akshay Singh late in the afternoon and are in the process of completing the formalities of handing over the samples to hospital for further examination to determine the cause of his death,” said Abid Khan, Jhabua district Superintendent of Police.
The policemen had reportedly arrived around 3:<g data-gr-id="16">30pm</g> with the samples and had met the forensic department head of AIIMS Sudhir Gupta, sources said.
The AIIMS has constituted a three-member board to examine the viscera samples and conduct <g data-gr-id="20">histopathological</g> examination of the tissues of TV journalist Akshay Singh who died under mysterious circumstances while covering Vyapam scam.
The board members include Additional Professor Dr Adarsh Kumar, Professor Dr Millo Tabin and Senior Resident Doctor Shashank <g data-gr-id="15">Pooniya</g>, all from the Forensic Department of AIIMS
Singh, who was on assignment in Jhabua had died on Saturday soon after he had interviewed the parents of a girl who was found dead after her name figured in the infamous admission and recruitment scandal.
Won’t call deaths ‘mysterious’, says SIT Chief Chandresh Bhushan
The series of deaths of those associated with the Vyapam scam do not look “mysterious” but come forth as “abnormal”, the chief of Special Investigation Team (SIT) monitoring the probe said on Tuesday. Justice (retired) Chandresh Bhushan told news channels that he has asked the Special Task Force (STF) constituted to probe the admission and recruitment scam to “enquire” into these cases and tell the SIT how “these fellows have died”.
“I would not like to use that word (mysterious). I will say there are certain deaths and those deaths are not normal deaths... So, if they have any connection... I am only interested in knowing if there is any connection with Vyapam scam... I will call them abnormal deaths,” he said. Bhushan said till now the STF has not reported “any connection” of these deaths with the scam.
The opposition parties have claimed that as many as 45 persons have died in connection with the scam while the official figure is over 25 since <g data-gr-id="78">probe</g> began into the case a few years ago. “The STF is not probing these deaths and these deaths are being investigated by the local police concerned,” he said.
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