Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 10: Out of a total of 33 accused involved in the Police Sub-Inspector recruitment scam 20 have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) till date. Shockingly most of the accused are personnel from the belt forces.
On Thursday sleuths of CBI have arrested seven more accused including a head constable and three constables of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Pawan Kumar, Head Constable, CRPF, Amit Kumar Sharma, Constable, CRPF, Atul Kumar, Constable, CRPF and Sunil Sharma, Constable/Cook, CRPF were arrested on Thursday by CRPF.
On Monday one Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of J&K Police Ashok Kumar, then posted at Jammu city's Nowabad Police Station as Munshi and presently at Kanachak Police Station, a resident of Chodraywalla, Pallanwalla and Surinder Kumar, a constable of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) posted at Chatha near Satwari, a resident of Rewari in Haryana, were among the four persons arrested for their involvement in the scam.
CBI has already two constables of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, one CRPF official, one ex-constable of CRPF, one Teacher of the Government of J&K, and one Commandant of BSF.
Till now CBI has arrested 20 persons and an amount worth Rs 61 lakhs has been recovered from the possession of arrested persons.
Reports said that sleuths of the CBI are going through the bank accounts of all the arrested persons to connect the dots before presenting a chargesheet in this high-profile case.
These seven persons were arrested in connection with the raids conducted by CBI sleuths on Tuesday in Jammu,
Sleuths of CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at seven locations in Jammu, Pathankot in Punjab, Rewari, and Karnal in Haryana in connection with this recruitment scam.
As per reports, raids were conducted in three locations in Jammu and Pathankot and at one place in Karnal Haryana.
CBI had registered a case on 03.08.2022 on the request of the J&K Government against 33 accused including the then Medical Officer, BSF Frontier Hqrs, Paloura; then Member, JKSSB; then Under Secretary, the then Section Officer (both of JKSSB); ex-official of CRPF, ASI of J&K Police; owner of a coaching centre, Akhnoor; private company based at Bengaluru; private persons and unknown others in connection with this scam. |
