Digvijay Singh will on Saturday surrender before a local court, a day after a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against the Congress leader in an alleged recruitment scam at Assembly Secretariat here which took place when he was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Special Sessions Judge Kashinath Singh had on Friday issued the warrant after the Congress general secretary, an accused in the alleged scam, did not turn up in the court where a 169-page supplementary chargesheet was filed yesterday.
Earlier today, the senior Congress leader tweeted:
“BJP wakes up after 20 years to file a case against me where there is no charge of corruption. Bound to happen after I took up VYAPAM scam”. — digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) February 27, 2016
“Makes my resolve stronger to fight these forces of Fascism”. — digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) February 27, 2016
The Rajya Sabha member was summoned by prosecuting agency the MP Police to attend the court proceedings.
The seven other accused, including KK Kaushal and AK Pyasi - who appeared in the court were granted bail after they furnished a personal security bond of Rs 30,000 each. Kaushal and Pyasi were employees of the Secretariat.
The Court has fixed March 14 for hearing.
The scam pertains to alleged irregularities in recruitment in MP Assembly Secretariat here between 1993 and 2003 when Singh was Chief Minister.
