BHOPAL: A woman working in Gwalior Medical College has approached Vyapam whistleblowers to say she is under threat from those involved in the scam. This comes a few weeks after CBI closed investigations into almost all deaths linked to the controversy.

She told whistleblowers Dr Anand Rai and Ashish Chaturvedi that her life is in danger since certain college officials asked her to secure Vyapam-related files. She is moving around with a padlocked bag that allegedly contains the papers. "I am not sure about the files she has, but she appears scared. It could be a paranoia. We will inform CBI to examine her claims and threat perceptions," said Dr Rai.

Chaturvedi says she approached him a month ago. "She said the files were highly confidential and are related to the scam. Without naming anyone she said some people want to eliminate her," Chaturvedi told TOI adding that he has asked her to meet CBI officials if she has such papers.

CBI was asked to investigate an alleged conspiracy to eliminate 24 suspects. Ruling out any conspiracy, the agency said that 16 of them died much before they were booked in the Vyapam scam . Dr Rai claims that CBI is not keen to investigate any of the deaths. "There are many cases like death of Namrata Damor and Jabalpur medical college dean in which CBI has come up with a reasonable finding behind their deaths," he said.

