Assam: SP Sanjit arrested in SI recruitment exam scam case

In Assam, the CID has arrested SP rank officer Kumar Sanjit Krishna for his alleged involvement in the Sub Inspector recruitment scam.So far over 50 persons have been arrested including a retired DIG for allegedly leaking the question paper just hour before the written examination. Krishna was working as SP ,FRRO, at Karimganj district when the scam occurred. He was summoned by police and after days of interrogation CID arrested him in Guwahati on Thursday. Krishna, who was transferred as SP of foreigners’ regional registration office (FRRO) in Barpeta district, is the younger brother of Assam’s chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna.

According to reports, Police officials were questioning Krishna and few of his close associates since Monday, but he suddenly disappeared from his official residence in Guwahati on Tuesday night only to resurface on Thursday. The written exam to select 597 sub-inspectors (SI) to Assam Police was cancelled on September 20 after the question paper was leaked. The exam will now be held on November 22. Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna had written on social media that the law would take its course and his name should not be dragged in as his brother “is a mature, independent individual in a different profession”.

The police have so far arrested over 50 people in connection with the case including a retired a retired IPS DIG, P K Dutta  and a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Diban Deka ,who has since been expelled from the party. Police have recovered nearly Rs 6 cr rupees, allegedly collected from candidates for posts of sub-inspectors by the accused, after conducting raids at several places in the past few days.