Supreme Court to hear Vyapam scam petitions today
The apex court will also take up a bunch of petitions that demand a CBI investigation into the scam and the alarming number of deaths of people linked to it.
The petition for the Governor's removal has been moved by a group of lawyers in Madhya Pradesh.
The Governor and his son were accused last year of accepting bribes in a First Information Report by the Special Task Force of the state police that is investigating the Vyapam scam. The High Court ruled that the Governor could not be investigated while in office, but said the police could record his statement.
In March, the Governor's son, Shailesh Yadav, who had not been questioned by investigators, was found dead in Lucknow.
The Congress has said that these details necessitate an investigation into the Governor's alleged role in the scam that involved widespread bribery, forgery and impersonation in arranging government jobs and admission to premier educational institutes.
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