House of IRP const in Jammu among seven locations raided
House of IRP personnel in Jammu and other 7 locations in Pathankot, Rewari and Karnal in connection with the police sub-inspector recruitment scam in Jammu and Kashmir.
Official sources informed The News Now, CBI conducted a raid at the house of one IRP constable namely Vikas Sharma son of Bhagwan Dass of Nore Jagir tehsil Maira Mandrian, Akhnoor in connection with irregularities in examination of JKP SI.
The said raid began at around 1100 hours.
It is pertinent to mention that Vikas Sharma is cousin of constable Raman Sharma of Nore Jagir who was earlier arrested in the same case from Akhnoor area by CBI.
Similarly, The searches were conducted at the premises of arrested mastermind Yatin Yadav and CRPF constable Surender Singh among others, they said.
The CBI had taken over investigation into the case on August 3 on a reference from the Jammu and Kashmir government.
The case pertains to the leak of question paper for the examination through which 1,200 posts of sub-inspectors were to be filled by the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB), they said.
The agency has arrested 13 persons so far in connection with the case, they said.
A Rewari resident, Yatin Yadav, had allegedly leaked the question paper with the help of an employee of the printing press in Okhla.
Yadav allegedly used illicit services of touts based in Jammu and Kashmir, including constables of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), for luring candidates who were charged anything between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 lakh approximately for the paper, they said.
The candidates were allegedly taken to Karnal in Haryana in vehicles provided by CRPF constable Surender Singh and a question paper was provided to them at a hotel there, the CBI said.
The leaked question paper was also allegedly provided to the candidates in Jammu.
