APSC cash-for-job scam: Police summons 20 examination invigilators
A top official of Dibrugarh police, who investigated the cash-for-job scam said that, the investigating team had found vital documents against the invigilators.
“We will grill them in connection with the scam,” the police official said.
Earlier, Dibrugarh police had interrogated 25 government officials in connection with the scam.
The 25 officials including Assam Civil Service (ACS), Assam Police Service (APS), who were declared successful in the 2013 APSC examination and appointed by the state government in 2015 were grilled by the Dibrugarh police team led by ASP Surajit Singh Panesar and Subhasish Baruah for several hours.
Former Congress minister Nilamoni Sen Deka’s son ACS officer Rajarshi Sen Deka and Union minister Rajen Gohain’s relative Sunayana Aideu (Superintendent of Taxes) were also grilled in connection with the cash-for-job scam with other officials.
Dibrugarh police recently seized 1265 answer scripts of the APSC examination held in 2013 and 2015 from the strong room in the commission office.
Police had already arrested three ACS officials named Bhaskarjyoti Dev Sharma, Bhaskar Dutta and Amit Sharma in connection with the scam.
Apart from these officials, police had also arrested former chairman of APSC Rakesh Paul, his associate members-Samedur Rahman, Basanta Doley, Pabitra Koiborta, Nabakanta Patir.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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