Dean of Madhya Pradesh’s Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Medical College Jabalpur Dr. Arun Sharma was found dead in a Delhi hotel today.
64 year old Dr Sharma was going to Agartala to attend a meeting. Dean of Jabalpur Medical College Dr. D K Sakalle had died in mysterious circumstances in July last year.
It was said that he had committed suicide by setting ablaze himself. Recently a senior functionary of Indian Medical Association Dr. Sudhir Tiwary alleged that Dr. Sakalle was killed by using laser gun.
It was also alleged that Dr. Sakalle was under pressure due to Vyapam scam.
The state government announced in the state legislative assembly that the death of Dr. Sakalle will be probed by the CBI but status about the CBI probe in this case is still not clear.
earlier in an another incident in Madhya Pradesh a journalist working for a leading Delhi-based news channel on Saturday suddenly took ill and died after having interviewed parents of a girl who had been found dead near railway tracks, after her name figured in the infamous Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh.
The incident took place in Meghnagar near Jhabua town. Akshay Singh, who worked for TV Today group, had called on the parents of Namrata Damor, whose body had been found under mysterious circumstances near railway tracks in Ujjain district.
Akshay was rushed to civil hospital and later to a private hospital, but doctors failed to revive him. From there he was taken to another hospital in nearby Dahod in Gujarat, where he was declared brought dead.
Meanwhile, Jhabua SP Abid Khan said prima facie there was nothing suspicious about the journalist’s death though the post-mortem report was awaited.
Chief Minister shivraj singh Chauhan assured that a probe will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death. Over 25 accused and witnesses have died so far in the Vyapam scam.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely expressed condolences to the family members and friends of TV Today Journalist Akshay Singh who died in a mysterious circumstances while covering infamous Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh.
The minister said , since various issues are being raised, it would be required that a fair enquiry is held.
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh raised questions over the death of a Delhi-based news channel journalist and demanded that the Akshya Singh’s viscera samples to be sent to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.