The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted searches at 37 locations in Jammu & Kashmir in connection with the alleged irregularities in the accounts assistants’ recruitment examination.
“The searches were carried out on 30 premises in Jammu, two each in Reasi and Rajouri, and one each in Doda, Sambha and Udhampur. They are linked to some J&K government and forest officials, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, some middlemen and other gang members,” said an agency official.
In November last year, the agency had registered the case against 20 accused and began probe into the alleged irregularities in the examination conducted by the J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB). The complaint was lodged on the basis of a report of the inquiry committee that found that most of the candidates from Jammu, Kathua and Reasi had cleared the examination held in March.
A conspiracy between JKSSB officials, Mumbai-based MeritTrac Services Private Limited, beneficiary candidates and other accused persons was suspected.
Among those named in the FIR registered by the CBI are Dr. Karnail Singh, the then medical officer with the Border Security Force Frontier Headquarters in Paloura, Ashwani Kumar, J&K Police, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ashok Kumar, teacher Roshan Bral, MeritTrac Services Pvt. Ltd., JKSSB Member Neelam Khajuria and JKSSB Section Officer Anju Raina.
Dr. Singh is also an accused in the J&K Police sub-inspector recruitment examination scam case.
