The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for hearing on April 11 a plea filed by a doctor, who is also the whistleblower in the Vyapam scam, against his arrest in Delhi by a team from the Madhya Pradesh Police.
In a mentioning before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, senior advocate Vivek Tankha, for Dr. Anand Rai, said he was arrested in connection with an FIR lodged for his social media post on the alleged question paper leak. He said he was arrested at a hotel in Delhi on Thursday.
"The whistleblower of the Vyapam case has been arrested even though the principal accused is on bail,” the senior lawyer said while seeking urgent listing of the matter.
"We will list this on Monday," the CJI said.
The FIR against Dr. Rai was lodged in March this year by Laxman Singh Markam, an Under Secretary level officer who is working as an officer with the Chief Minister's office in Madhya Pradesh.
