Arunachal: Another FIR filed by CBI in APPSC cash-for-job scam

Itanagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered another FIR in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) job scam and will formally take over the case. A senior police officer said here on Saturday.

Special Investigation Cell (SIC) SP Anant Mittal said the CBI on Friday registered an FIR against a case related to all the irregularities in the examinations conducted by the APPSC since 2014. of
The SIC is investigating the case and so far 46 people, including 39 government officials, have been arrested.

Mittal said, “SIC received 36 complaints regarding various examinations conducted by APPSC since 2014. After merging all the cases into a single case, an investigation was initiated and accordingly 46 People were arrested,” Mittal said.

Among those arrested are 39 government employees. The SP further said that the information of the arrest has been provided to the concerned departments for necessary departmental action.
The state government had recently recommended a CBI inquiry into the matter besides the paper leak case being probed by the premier investigating agency.

The SIC had also arrested six sub-inspectors (civil) and an assistant engineer (AE) on January 5 and 6 in connection with the APPSC cash-for-job scam.
Six police sub-inspectors (SIs) were arrested on Thursday from the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) near Shillong in Meghalaya, where they were undergoing training, Mittal said.

A woman working as an assistant engineer of PWD was arrested from Pasighat in East Siang district on Friday evening, the SP said.

Mittal said that the SIC feels that the prime accused, Taket Jerang, is not revealing the full truth of the scam. He thus demanded a narcoanalysis test from the court, which allowed him to proceed.
He said that all efforts are being made to collect evidence from Taket Jerang on the alleged involvement of former APPSC chairman Nipo Nabam and other officials of the commission.

The former APPSC chairman was questioned, but the SIC has not yet found any concrete evidence to confirm his involvement.
“However, the SIC believes that Jerang is concealing important evidence. This can be revealed only after the narcoanalysis test,” he added.

Mittal said that the SIC has already submitted all relevant documents of the case to the CBI.

“We will not investigate the case further. However, when the CBI requires information from the SIC, we will cooperate,” he added.
The question paper leak of the Assistant Engineer (Civil) exam conducted by APPSC came to light when a candidate, Gyamar Padung, filed a police complaint at the Itanagar police station on August 29 last year and claimed Does he suspect that the exam paper of AE (Civil) was leaked?

More than 400 candidates participated in the exam held on August 26 and 27.

In October last year, the state government handed over the case to the CBI.
The CBI filed a charge sheet against 11 accused in the District and Sessions Court at Yupia near here on December 8.

The probe was taken over by the Premier Investigation Agency on October 27 after the state government recommended a probe by the CBI.