Gauhati High Court Orders Judicial Inquiry into APSC Scam

Gauhati

Guwahati, June 14, 2019:

The Gauhati High Court has ordered for a judicial inquiry into the infamous cash-for-job scam in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) on Friday.

The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to set inquiry against Rakesh Paul, the prime accused in the scam.

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The High Court has ordered the government of Assam to constitute an inquiry committee regarding the APSC scam within a month after hearing a plea by Okram Prashant Singh.

The state government has not yet implemented an order passed by the court in 2015. The court earlier ordered to constitute a judicial commission to investigate anomalies in conducting the recruitment examination by the APSC.

It may be mentioned that the CBI has already conducted the preliminary investigation against prime accused Rakesh Paul and submitted a report to the court. The CBI has been ordered to conduct its regular inquiry against him in relation to all the allegation made against him.

Meanwhile, Dibrugarh Police on Thursday submitted the last charge-sheet of the cash-for-job scam in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) case in the court.

The investigation lasted for more than two and a half years. The investigation team was led by Surjeet Singh Panesar.

Earlier, the police had submitted ten charge-sheet in the court in the infamous cash-for-job scam case

The APSC scam includes many ‘big fish’. The then APSC chairman Rakesh Paul was arrested in November 2016, after a job aspirant lodged a complaint in Dibrugarh police station saying that Nabakanta Patir, an engineer, had offered her a government job through the APSC if she pays a bribe. Her complaint first led to the arrest of Patir and thereafter the then APSC chairman Rakesh Paul and other APSC members. Altogether 74 people have been arrested in connection with the case.