Sewali Devi IAS officer main accuse of SCERT scam arrested

Guwahati: Suspended IAS officer Sewali Devi Sharma has been arrested from Rajasthan by Vigilance Cell of CM, Assam.

IAS officer arrested for her alleged role in SCERT ‘scam’.
She was arrested along with her son-in-law Ajit Pal Singh, who was allegedly hiding in Rajasthan.

Earlier, Sewali Devi was questioned by the Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell, Assam in connection with the scam.
The suspended IAS officer along with her son-in-law allegedly embezzled Rs 105 crore without any work order.

The alleged scam allegedly took place between 2017 and 2020 during her tenure as executive chairman and director of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Assam.
Notably, she also opened as many as five bank accounts without the consent of the Assam government.