Shillong, Sept. 5 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has decided to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against the judgment of the High Court of Meghalaya, acquitting former education minister and current law minister Dr. Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh and two other officers, in the 'education scam' of 2008.
The others accused were J.D. Sangma, the then Director, Directorate of Elementary and Mass Education and Ameka I. Lyngdoh, the then Deputy Director, Directorate of Elementary andMass Education.
"We are shocked about the verdict; we will be challenging the order in the Supreme Court. The chargesheet has been filed against the three accused based on concrete evidence. If there was no evidence, then charges could not be...