SI recruitment scam: CID seizes more cash from middleman Debraj Das

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Continuing its probe into the recent scam related to the recruitment of 597 SIs (Sub Inspectors for the Unarmed branch), sleuths of the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) seized Rs 9,95,000 from a locker in the Bongaigaon branch of Punjab National Bank (PNB), on Monday. The locker belongs to Debraj Das — an NFR employee and a middleman in the scam. The raid was carried out on the basis of confessions made by Debraj. The CID team had also taken Debraj with them during the search operation.

On October 17, the CJM Court in Guwahati had remanded Debraj to three-day CID custody. On October 16, the CID seized Rs 46 lakh and 920 gm of gold (worth Rs 38.66 lakh) from the locker of Debraj's wife — Tulika Barman — in the Barpeta branch of Bank of Baroda. On October 10 also, the Barpeta Police seized cash amounting to Rs 1, 83, 55, 740 from Debraj's house at Gandhinagar in Barpeta town.

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