Cash for Job Scam: Nine accused gets bail

GUWAHATI: In a twist to the alleged involvement of the kin of a top judicial official getting involved in bringing about favourable bail, nine accused in the infamous multi-crore Cash for Job scam got bail on Thursday.

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday granted bail to the nine accused after they served for around 11 months in judicial custody. The persons who got bail are Dipak Khanikar, Kunal Das, Sudippta Goswami Bhattacharjee, Geetali Doley, Rumi Saikia, Sunayana Aidew, Sabira Imran, Dilip Kumar Kalita, and Badrul Islam Choudhury. However, Kunal Das would not be able to avail of the bail as he has been rearrested by Bhangagarh Police in another APSC case connected to the appointment of Agriculture Development Officers (ADOs).

The High Court gave them a number of conditions. For instance, they would not be able to leave the territorial limits of Guwahati city without written permission of the trial court and without informing the investigating agency. They would have to surrender their passports to the trial court.

Non-compliance of any of the eight conditions would entail “immediate cancellation of the bail granted”, the order stated.