Rs 30 lakh for sub-inspector post in J&K Police: Probe agency CBI unearths scam
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Once the amount was paid by the candidates, they were handed out question papers before the exams, officials said.
Candidates aspiring for the post of sub-inspector in the Jammu and Kashmir Police force had to pay between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 lakh as a bribe for their selection, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found.
Once the amount was paid by the candidates, they were handed out question papers before the exams, officials said.
The probe agency, which raided several premises of the accused in this case on Tuesday, found that the racket was being run by a few people in Haryana and certain teachers of J&K along with some serving and retired personnel of the CRPF, a few officers of the J&K Police and top officers of J&K Staff Selection Board (JKSSB).
The CBI on Tuesday searched around 36 locations across four states, officials said. Residential and official premises of suspects in Jammu, Srinagar, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari, Gandhidham, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Bangalore, including the premises of JKSSB’s former chairman, Khalid Jehangir, and then Controller of Examination Ashok Kumar were searched.
“Incriminating documents and digital evidence have so far been recovered in the searches,” the CBI said in a statement.
The agency had filed a case on August 3 at the request of the J&K government against 33 accused on allegations of irregularities in the written examination for the posts of sub-inspectors in the J&K Police.
“There were allegations of malpractices in the examination. The J&K government had constituted an inquiry committee to look into the same. It was alleged that the accused entered into a conspiracy amongst officials of JKSSB, a Bengaluru-based private company, beneficiary candidates and others, and caused gross irregularities in the conduct of written examination for the posts of sub-inspectors,” the agency added.
