Five more ACS-APS officials who were arrested in connection with the APSC cash-for-job scam have been granted bail by Guwahati High Court. The court today (Oct 8) granted bail to Himangshu Choudhury, Kamal Debnath, Aniruddha Roy, Raju Sahu and Jayanta Nath taking the total number of arrested officials who were arrested in connection with the infamous cash-for-jobs scam to 17.
#BREAKING | Five more ACS-APS officials arrested in connection with the #APSCCashForJobScam granted bail by Gauhati High Court; bail granted to Himangshu Choudhury, Kamal Debnath, Aniruddha Roy, Raju Sahu and Jayanta Nath. 17 arrested accused granted bail so far.
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The court, however, reserved its order on the bail pleas of three other arrested accused — Nishamoni Deka, Joydev Mahanta and Pallabi Sarma Choudhury — till Thursday (Oct 11) following objections from the government.
#BREAKING #APSCCashForJobScam | Gauhati High Court reserves order on bail petitions of Nishamoni Deka, Joydev Mahanta and Pallabi Sarma Choudhury following objections by the Government, to resume hearing on the bail pleas on Thursday (Oct 11).
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It may be mentioned here that 12 other arrested ACS and APS officials, accused of bribing and influencing commission members to get jobs, were granted bail by Gauhati High Court last week.
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