MP HC seeks Govt response on Vyapam whistleblower's allegations
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Gwalior: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stepped into the ongoing dispute involving Vyapam whistleblower Ashish Chaturvedi and the Gwalior police, seeking responses from the state government and senior officials regarding serious allegations of police misconduct and medical irregularities.
Chaturvedi, the whistleblower and key witness in several Vyapam cases, has accused the police of abuse of power. He laid allegations against the police like collusion with a specific hospital, fake medical records and procedural violations.
In his petition, he alleged that a policeman who was wanted by the CBI visited his residence with a court-issued witness warrant and later took him to a private hospital allegedly linked to a Vyapam-accused doctor for a medico-legal certificate (MLC).
He claimed that the government doctor who signed the MLC could not have been present at the hospital, as official records showed him in Datia on the same day. In the petition, he questioned the selective choice of hospital, pointing out that one of the directors is an accused in the Vyapam case.
As per a TOI media report, the case drew attention after the MLC was found to be fake. A probe by Gajraraja Medical College (GRMC) submitted on 16 May flagged inconsistencies in admission and discharge papers. The committee declared the MLC to be fabricated and called for a deeper investigation.
The High Court has issued notices to the Principal Secretary (Home), the DGP, and the ADG (Complaints), directing them to respond within two weeks.
Chaturvedi’s petition alleges that the police forcibly entered his home on 29 March, assaulted him, and took him to the police station like a criminal despite his protected whistleblower status. He also alleged he was forcibly injected with an unknown substance at a trauma centre, causing serious health complications.
Senior advocate D P Singh, representing Chaturvedi, told the court that the witness warrant was executed 15 days before the scheduled hearing and that the police treated Chaturvedi “like a hardened criminal.”
“It was a witness warrant, yet they treated Chaturvedi like a criminal,” Singh said.
Medical Dialogues in 2021 reported that a doctor who was involved in the Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in connection with the UP TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) paper leak case.
The doctor had received his MBBS degree from Delhi Medical College, after which he joined the solvers' syndicate and made quick money by deputing 'munnabhais' (impostors) and rigging OMR sheets of Madhya Pradesh Pre-Medical Test (PMT) in 2013-2014, which came to be known as the Vyapam case. After the scam was busted, the doctor was subsequently jailed.
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