Vyapam accused should not get bail during handover of inquiry to CBI, agency says in the Supreme Court. The transfer of more than 185 Vyapam cases to it will take time and accused should not get statutory bail even if chargesheet is not filed, says the CBI. The SC agreed to hear the CBI's plea on Monday.

Initiating its probe into the Vyapam scam, the CBI on Wednesday registered FIRs in two cases related to rigging of examinations, naming among others a member of the Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes and Minorities Commission and his son.

The FIRs have been registered in connection with the Pre-Medical Test of 2010 and the pre-PG Examination 2011.

The Central agency had on Monday taken over all Vyapam scam cases from the Special Task Force of the Madhya Pradesh Police. The Supreme Court while handing over the investigation to the CBI had also asked it to probe the deaths of people linked to the Vyapam scam. According to the Congress, 49 people associated with the massive admission and recruitment scam have died mysteriously so far.

The CBI has named 21 candidates in the FIR in connection with Pre-Medical Test 2010, booking them under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery among others, sources said.

In the second case against eight suspects in Pre-PG examination 2011, the agency has registered FIR under same sections.

Those named in the FIR include Gulab Singh Kirar, a member of the MP Backward Classes and Minorities Commission and his son Shakti Singh Kirar.

Others named include Sudhir Bhadauria and Pankaj Trivedi, both former controllers of examination with Vyapam.