In a significant development, four ACS officers has been suspended for for their alleged anomalies in the selection process conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) during the Combined Competitive Examination, 2013.
All the officers have been placed under immediate suspension according to a order passed by the Governor of Assam.
The four suspended ACS officers has been identified as Smti. Akashee Duwarah, ACS, Addl. District Commissioner, Jorhat, Shri Dhrubajyoti Hatibaruah, ACS, Deputy Secretary to the. Govt. of Assam, lndigenous and Tribal Faith & Culture Department, Shri Hitesh Mazumdar, ACS, Addl. District Commissione4 South Salmara, Mankachar and Shri Dhiraj Kumar Jain, ACS, Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Election Department & Joint CEO, Assam.
All four are accused of passing the APSC exam by cheating.
The ongoing investigation into criminal offenses related to the APSC cash for job scam has revealed that these officers benefited from irregularities by illegally increasing their marks, which allowed them to be recommended for appointment.
Based on the report of former Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma, all four have been suspended from their jobs.
The suspended officers are now being interrogated by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Assam Police investigating the matter.
Meanwhile the SIT has summoned Dibrugarh Election Officer Dhiraj Kumar Jain and APS officer ADCP Sukanya Das for questioning today.
Both the officers have been asked to appear at the CID office today.
Earlier, the SIT team probing the cash-for-job scam had arrested Udalguri’s Additional Superintendent of Police Aishwarya Jeevan Barua and Jorhat’s Additional Superintendent of Police Shahjahan Sarkar.
