The 40-year-old constable Ramakant Panda was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in Orchha. The police said he is suspected to have committed suicide; Mr Panda was grappling with alcoholism and was under heavy debt, they said.
But
the opposition Congress has alleged that Mr Panda's death is linked to
the Vyapam scam after unconfirmed reports that the constable had been
questioned by a Special Task Force in the case. The local police have
denied that he was questioned."All deaths should not be linked to Vyapam," said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has expressed inability to meet the opposition's demand to recommend a CBI inquiry in the case, pleading that the state's High Court is already monitoring investigation and so is the competent authority to take that decision.
The Chief Minister made that comment on Monday after the Congress linked another death, that of a trainee sub-inspector Anamika Kushwaha with the Vyapam scam. Ms Kushwaha, 25, was found dead in a lake in Sagar on Monday morning. The police said preliminary investigation suggests suicide.
Ms Kushwaha was recruited in the police through an exam conducted by Vyapam or the Madhya Pradesh board that holds tests for college admissions and for recruitment to government jobs.
The Vyapam scam is hinged on top politicians and bureaucrats of Madhya Pradesh allegedly accepting kickbacks in exchange for allowing imposters to take recruitment exams for government jobs and admission to colleges. At least 35 people linked to the case have died in recent years.
This weekend, a Delhi-based journalist reporting on the scam started frothing at the mouth during an interview and died soon after.
Less than a day later, the dean of a medical college in the state, who was helping investigators in the case, was found dead in a hotel room in Delhi.
The Opposition has demanded that Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a three-term chief minister, be removed to allow an impartial inquiry.
Source: NDTV
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