Don't link all deaths to Vyapam, says MP CM as Congress demands his resignation

"With full responsibility I am telling you that the unfortunate incident had nothing to do with Vyapam... All deaths should not be linked to Vyapam,"  the chief minster said.

Chouhan has been facing a mounting pressure  to recommend a CBI inquiry into the death of at least 36 people linked to investigations in the case.

Earlier in the day the Congress demanded that the chief minister should resign over the Vyapam recruitment scam and be answerable to the nation on why there was delay in the probe.
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The Congress called Chouhan "Maut ka Saudagar" or trader of death and claimed that in all 45 people have died in the "Asia's biggest scam."

The party alleged that  that these deaths are taking place to eliminate evidence

Earlier, the Congress had demanded a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe into the deaths of above 40 people in connection with the Vyapam recruitment scam.

On Monday  a woman  trainee sub-inspector was found dead in a lake in Sagar of Madya Pradesh. Anamika Sikarwar ( 25), the policewoman, was  recruited in the  force through an exam conducted by Vyapam.

Her death closely follows those of   Dr. Arun Sharma, dean of a medical college in Jabalpur and Akshay Singh, a televison journalist.

Sharma was found dead on Sunday morning at a hotel in Delhi where he had arrived on Saturday.

He was the dean of the college that was linked to the Vyapam recruitment scam.

The dean who was  assisting the Special Task Force that is probing Vyapamscam, by providing documents on fake medical entrance examinees in the state-run medical college that he headed.

On Saturday,   journalist Akshay Singh, who was covering  the Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh, fell ill and died in a hospital.

Earlier several other people, including the son of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav had died suddenly.

Strangely all the deaths,said to be between 36 and 45 occurred to the persons who were either  witnesses, accused, those assisting the investigation or even reporting the scam as a journalist. 

The Supreme Court has, meanwhile, agreed to hear a petition asking for the removal of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav to ensure a fair inquiry into the scam.

 Yadav was named as an accused in the scam last year, but was then removed from the case because his office entitles him to immunity from investigation.

Chief Minister Chouhan has refused to order a CBI inquiry and said on Sunday, "When the high court has refused a CBI enquiry into the matter, how can we order it?" He said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the scam under the supervision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and if the court feels there should be investigation by any other agency, it is free to do order one.