Former Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker arrested

BHOPAL: The Bhopal police on Thursday arrested former speaker of Madhya Pradesh assembly Srinivas Tiwari for his alleged role in recruitment scam in Vidhan Sabha secretariat and later released him on bail.
“He was arrested from his residence in Rewa and was granted bail in compliance with the Supreme Court order,” said Saleem Khan, CSP Bhopal.
Tiwari along with Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh and 14 others were booked for alleged irregularities in appointments between 1993 and 2003 during Congress regime.
On May 13, Supreme Court had granted anticipatory bail to the former speaker and questioned the state government on why it was in a hurry to arrest a 90-year-old man in a 20-year-old case.
Tiwari's bail plea was rejected by sessions court and high court after which he approached Supreme Court and got respite.
FIR against Congress leaders came at a time when chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was under tremendous pressure over MPPEB scam, following allegations by AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh that CM and his family members were also involved.