Court sent APSC Chairman to 14 days police custody

Assam police had arrested the APSC Chairman on Friday evening in graft case.

Police had produced Paul to Kamrup (Metro) CJM court on Saturday evening and the court sent him to 14 days police custody.

Meanwhile, the investigating team had launched search operation at various areas in the city to collect more evidence against Paul.

“A team of Dibrugarh district police and Guwahati police had raided at the apartment of Rakesh Paul at Bhangagarh, Srimantapur, Kahilipara Janakpur area in the city last night and seized several vital documents. The investigating team also launched operation to collect more asset list of the APSC Chairman,” a top police official said.

Mukul Saikia, SP of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, who filed the asset list and corruption evidence against Rakesh Paul to Guwahati High Court said that, the APSC corruption case has turned to as Vyapam case.

Earlier, police had arrested an enginerr from Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district after police caught him red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh on October 27.

The arrested engineer was identified as Naba Kumar Patir and he is an assistant engineer of Town and Contry Planning department of Assam government posted at Dibrugarh town.

The top police official said that, the engineer taking a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a dentist to appoint in the Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH).

Police also arrested a PSO of a member of APSC last week.

Meanwhile Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that, no one to be excused who involved in corruption and the state government will take stern action against corruption.

On the other hand, police has launched operation to nab Samedur Rahman, one of the member of APSC who is still absconding.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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