New Delhi:

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has reportedly asked the Intelligence Bureau to submit a detailed report on the suspicious deaths of accused and suspects linked to the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam.

“All Intelligence Bureau personnel deployed in Madhya Pradesh have been instructed to collect details about deaths following the PMO's instructions,” said a senior intelligence officer.

Earlier on Tuesday, bowing to public outcry, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said he will request the high court to order a CBI probe into the Vyapam case.



Chouhan, who has been under opposition attack over the rising death toll, said people wanted to know the truth and it had become imperative that the case be probed by CBI now to put to rest all doubts.



The opposition has alleged that nearly 45 people having links with the Vyapam admission and recruitment scam have died since the investigation into the scandal began in July 2013. At least five people, including a journalist covering the scam, have died under mysterious circumstances in last one week.

(With PTI inputs)

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