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ITANAGAR: The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the Arunachal Pradesh police has arrested another government official in connection with his alleged role in the illegal appointment of teachers in Longding district of the northeastern state, a senior police official said here on Friday. The SIC on Wednesday arrested one Jashi Wangsu, a trained graduate teacher and accountant, at the DDSE office in the eastern district of the state, SIC SP Anant Mittal informed. With the arrest of Wangsu, the SIC has so far arrested two people in the cash for jobs scam, including former Longding deputy director of school education (DDSE) Jomdo Lona.
Retired DDSE Jomdo Lona (61) was arrested by SIC from his residence in West Siang district last week for his alleged involvement in the illegal appointments of 28 primary teachers in Longding. The first arrest in the case was made on July 24, three days after the investigating agency conducted raids at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in connection with the alleged illegal appointments of teachers. "During the raid carried out concurrently at various residential and office premises, a few important documents, digital evidence, and some seals were seized," Mittal said.
In June, the state government terminated all 28 primary teachers following the recommendations of a three-member fact-finding committee constituted by state education minister Taba Tedir after allegations of their illegal appointments were made by a local student body. On the basis of the findings of the committee report, the SIC (Vigilance) police station at the civil secretariat here registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988, on July 7. The SIC had sought the state government's approval to probe into the multiple illegal appointments of teachers in Longding district after obtaining the government's approval. Mittal added that the investigation into the illegal appointment is going on and that all facets of the case are being investigated in detail.
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