Assam: Railway employee arrested in Barpeta for possessing 'black money' worth crores

Barpeta: An employee of the Indian Railways has been arrested from Assam's Barpeta district, allegedly for hoarding cash worth crores of rupees. Barpeta Police on Saturday conducted an operation and recovered cash worth several crores from the residence of the employee in question.

The employee, identified as Devraj Das, is a resident of Gandhinagar in Barpeta. He was serving in the Bongaigaon district. He was arrested after the recovery of the cash, which is suspected to be "black money." The police are yet to divulge more details as investigations are still underway.

This incident has come to the fore at a time when investigations into the multi-crore scam in the recruitment of Assam Police Sub Inspectors (Unarmed Branch) are underway. The prime accused, DIG (retd) PK Dutta, and BJP leader Diben Deka, have been nabbed by police.

During interrogation, Dutta has reportedly revealed the names of many influential personalities involved in the scam that rocked the state.

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