APSC scam took a new turn this November, when Assam police under the behest of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal apprehended 23 officials (who were) appointed during the Congress regime. Among the arrested include Rajashri Sen Deka, son of former agriculture minister Nilamoni Sen Deka; Gitali Doley relative of former tourism minister Sumitra Doley and Sunayana Aideo, close relative of union minister Rajen Gohain.
Throwback
The Sarbananda Sonowal led BJP government in As-sam, sticking to its pre-poll promise of uprooting corruption from the state, on November 8, 2017, took a step forward in the direction when Assam police picked up 11 ACS and APS officials from different districts of the state in connection to ‘cashfor-job’ scam which allegedly took place during Tarun Gogoi’s tenure as the Chief Minister. The tainted officers passed out the APSC (Assam Public Service Commission) exam in 2013.
The arrests came after the investigating team headed by Additional SP of Dibrugarh, SS Panesar, received forensic reports confirming the allegations against 25 officers who were put through a handwriting test in June earlier this year. The handwriting samples were sent to five forensic laboratories in the country. Till the filing of this report, 23 officials have either been arrested or they have surrendered voluntarily before the police after they were found to have adopted unfair means to clear the examination.
The APSC scandal took place during the time when Tarun Gogoi led Congress government was functioning in the state and Rakesh Kumar Paul was the APSC chairman. Paul was appointed as APSC member in 2008 and in 2013 he became the chairman of the commission.
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