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Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 13: Accused involved in the Sub-Inspector recruitment scam have reported earned over Rs 100 crore from candidates and their parents by selling question papers before the commencement of the examination.
“Investigation has revealed the alleged payment of Rs.20 to 30 lakh(approx) by willing candidates and their families to the accused for accessing the question paper before the commencement of the examination”, handout issued by CBI reads.
“In this regard, involvement of a gang domiciled in Haryana, certain teachers of Jammu and Kashmir, some serving/retired personnel of CRPF, J&K Police, and JKSSB has allegedly come to light”, the handout reads.
Sources said that out of 7200 candidates who have qualified for the written exams, nearly 400 of them have paid money to the gang involved in this scam.
As reported earlier, on June 4, JKSSB released the list of over 7200 candidates who have cleared the written exams of the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) and qualified for the physical test.
With the list of shortlisted candidates released by the JKSSB, the J-K Police recruitment exam has come under the scanner after several aspirants have called it a “fraud” and “unfair”.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, on June 9, has assured a probe into allegations of irregularities in written tests conducted for the post of Police Sub-Inspectors.
On June 10, a three-member panel headed by the Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, R K Goyal was constituted.
The other members of the panel were the Principal Secretary General Administration Department and the Secretary Department of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs.
97, 793 candidates appeared in the written test conducted by the JKSSB on March 27 across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
As per data, 1,13,861 candidates had applied for the post of which 97,793 candidates appeared in the examination, which was over 85 percent.
Over 7200 candidates have "cleared" written tests and have declared qualified for the physical test in the coming days, JKSSB had issued notice was the recruitment of 1200 posts of PSI in the Police Department.
Alleging large-scale bungling, fraud, and irregularities, left-out candidates pointed out multiple instances wherein siblings have managed selection which cannot be a coincidence.
It was alleged that question papers were leaked a day before the exams and some touts managed to get question papers.
On July 8, 2022, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered the cancellation of the exams after the three-member inquiry panel detected bungling in the written examinations. The LG also recommended a probe by the CBI in this scam.
On August 5, 2022, CBI conducted raids at 28 locations in Jammu, one at Srinagar and a house in Bangalore. |
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