APSC cash-for-job scam: Court sends 19 arrested officers to custody
Guwahati, July 19 (IBNS): A local court in Guwahati sent all 19 government gazetted officers, who were arrested in connection with the cash-for-job scam of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC), to 11-day police custody on Thursday.
On July 18, the Dibrugah police arrested the 19 government officers including Assam Police Service (APS) officer Pallavi Sharma, daughter of Assam BJP MP RP Sharma in connection with the infamous scam.
On Thursday, police produced the arrested government officers at the Special Judge Court in Guwahati and sought a 14-day remand.
However, the court has sent them to 11-day police custody.
Police arrested Assam Police Service (APS) officer Pallavi Sharma, daughter of Assam BJP MP RP Sharma, who represented Tezpur Lok Sabha seat, and 18 other Assam Civil Service (ACS), Assam Police Service (APS) and other allied service officers after handwriting verification at the Special Branch of Assam police at Kahilipara in Guwahati.
The Dibrugarh police arrested 13 ACS officer, 3 APS officers and one District Transport Officer (DTO), one Tax Superintendent and one Tax Inspector in connection with the scam.
Police so far arrested 55 government officials and 9 other persons including sacked chairman of APSC Rakesh Paul in connection with the cash-for-job scam.
Earlier, the Assam government suspended 24 officers of Assam Civil Service (ACS), Assam Police Service (APS) and other allied services and sacked 3 other ACS officers, who were arrested by the Dibrugarh police in connection with the cash-for-job scam.
The Dibrugarh police had already arrested 34 government officers in connection with the scam.
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 October 27 in 2016.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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