CBI files one more FIR, to take over APPSC cash-for-jobs case

Itanagar: The CBI has filed another FIR in the cash-for-jobs scam of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) and will formally take over the case, a senior police officer said here on Saturday.
The CBI filed the FIR on Friday against a case pertaining to all irregularities committed in the examinations conducted by the APPSC since 2014, special investigation cell (SIC) SP Anant Mittal said.
The SIC has been investigating the case and has arrested 46 persons so far including 39 government officials.
“The SIC had received 36 complaints regarding various examinations conducted by the APPSC since 2014. The investigation was started after clubbing all the cases into a single case and 46 people were accordingly arrested,” Mittal said.
Among those arrested, 39 are government servants. The respective departments have been served with the information of the arrest for necessary departmental proceedings, the SP added.
The state had recently recommended CBI inquiry into the case in addition to the paper leak case being investigated by the premier investigating agency.
The SIC had also arrested six sub-inspectors (civil) and an assistant engineer (AE) in connection with the APPSC cash-for-job scam on January 5 and 6. Mittal said six SIs of police were arrested on Thursday from North Eastern Police Academy near Shillong in Meghalaya, where they were undergoing training.
A woman working as an assistant engineer of PWD was arrested from Pasighat in East Siang district on Friday evening, the SP said. pti