Accused SP Kumar Sanjeet Krishna in police remand

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court, Guwahati has sent accused SP Kumar Sanjeet Krishna to five-day police remand in connection with the SI recruitment examination scam.

Two other accused in the scam – Rubul Hazarika and Suruj Sarma whose police remand ended on Friday – have also been sent for another five-day police remand along the Kumar Sanjeet Krishna today.

Earlier during the day, before producing them to the CJM Court ADGP GP Singh grilled Kumar Sanjeet Krishna, Rubul Hazarika and Suruj Sarma. According to CID sources, many documents and call details were found from the mobile handset of the accused SP that have links with the scam.

According to CID sources, the PSO of the accused SP disclosed that the car carrying the question papers for the recruitment of SI examination in Karimganj district was called at the SP's residence in Karimganj and the question papers were unlocked at his (SP's) diktat. CID sources quoted the PSO as saying that Rubul Hazarika and Dibon Deka photographed the question paper. In exchange, the accused SP took Rs 40 lakh.

However, even now two other accused in the scam – ASP Prasanta Kumar Dutta and Gautam Mech – have not been arrested as yet. Even on Friday, the accused ASP reported to his office in Karimganj and sought leave for a few more days as 'he is feeling unwell in post-COVID period'.

However, Karimganj SP Mayank Jha told Dutta that he would not be given any leave now since he's wanted by the CID in connection with the SI recruitment scam. Many an eyebrow has been raised in circles concerned as to why the CID hasn't arrested the accused ASP as yet.

Another person whose name surfaced in the scam is Pranjal Baruah who is still in Guwahati. However, he is yet to be arrested for reasons not known to us.

According to sources, the contract of question papers was given to three companies – Akshay Telecom, Kelton and Amaintech with Pranjal Baruah as proprietor. However, the CID has so far been grilling only people of Akshay Telecom, but not of Amaintech. This has raised a question mark among circles concerned.

In yet another development in the scam, the CID seized Rs 46 lakh and 920 gm gold worth Rs 38.66 lakh from Tulika Barman's locker in the Bank of Baroda, Barpeta. Tulika Barman is the wife of Debraj Das, an NF Railway employee from whom the CID had seized over Rs 1 crore recently.

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