Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge Alka Malik on Tuesday dismissed the regular bail application of CBI deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Balbir Singh, accused in the scholarship scam reported in Himachal Pradesh.

This is the second time in five months that the CBI court has rejected the DSP's regular bail plea. Earlier on April 24 this year, the court dismissed his bail plea stating that the accused played a major role in the crime and has become a conduit to unethical demand and acceptance of bribe money by the co-accused persons.

"He being the investigating officer of Himachal Pradesh scholarship scam case and was the then deputy superintendent of police in CBI, was in fact conversant wi...