APSC’s cash-for-job scam : Assam police likely to quiz 38 more officials, identified 12 middlemen
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IBNS) : After arresting 22 officials of Assam Civil Service (ACS), Assam Police Service (APS) and other allied service, Assam police is planning to quiz at least 38 more officials in connection with the cash-for-job scam in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).
A top police official said that, the investigating team had accessed the forensic report of several answer scripts, which were earlier seized from the APSC office in Guwahai.
“We have already identified few more officials after receiving the forensic report and would likely to be asked them to appear before the investigating team,” the top police official said.
The top official of Assam police said that, apart from it, police had also identified at least 12 middlemen for their involvement in the cash-for-job scam.
Sacked chairman of APSC Rakesh Paul’s brother Rajib Paul, Sudip Das, Mrigen Saikia and Mofidul Islam are among the middlemen, who are presently absconding.
“They had collected huge cash amount from the candidates for Rakesh Paul and other APSC persons to provide a secured government job. We have already sent messages to all states counterparts,” the police official said.
Dibrugarh police had recently arrested 22 ACS, APS and other allied service officials in connection with the scandal.
Investigating officer and Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Dibrugarh police Surajeet Singh Panesar said that, three more officials are still absconding and police is trying to arrest them.
The entire scam has been came to light after, Dibrugarh police had arrested an engineer named Naba Kanta Patir from Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district after they caught him red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a lady doctor to provide a secured government job on Oct 27 last year.
Following the incident, Dibrugarh police had registered a case and arrested then chairman of APSC Rakesh Paul from Guwahati and later arrested few more persons including former members of APSC Samedur Rahman, Basanta Doley, Pabitra Kaiborta, Musharaf Hussain, Mabud Ali Choudhury, three ACS officers Bhaskarjyoti Dev Sharma, Bhaskar Dutta and Amit Sharma.
On Aug 31 last, the Gauhati High Court had granted bail to 10 accused persons including three Assam Civil Service (ACS) officials, who were arrested in connection with the cash-for-job scam of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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