NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out multiple search operations in Arunachal Pradesh's Papumpare district under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, officials said on Thursday. The raids, on Tuesday, were conducted in respect of investigations relating to the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB) scam and the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak cases. "ED initiated investigations under PMLA, 2002, based on an FIR registered by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988, and IPC, 1860, in the case of the APPSB scam, and an FIR registered by SIC and CBI under various sections of the PC Act, 1988, in the case of the APPSC paper leak case," the federal agency said in a press note.
The SIC (Vigilance) has filed a charge sheet in the APSSB case against the accused persons. It has been alleged that Kaptor Lingu, the then Under Secretary of the APSSB, along with other officials, hatched a criminal conspiracy in connivance with various middlemen or brokers and thus abused their official positions for accepting undue favour or advantage for themselves.
An ED investigation in the APPSC paper leak case revealed that Taket Jerang, Deputy Secretary-cum-Deputy Controller of Examinations of "The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)" along with government servants and private individuals were involved in the leakage of question papers for various exams that were conducted by APPSC.
"During the search operations, incriminating documents were seized, details of immovable properties have been detected, and an amount of Rs 1.41 crore was frozen," the ED said.(ANI)
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