New Delhi: The CBI started a search operation at 33 locations on Tuesday, including the premises of ex-Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) chairman Khalid Jahangir, over alleged irregularities in the recruitment process of sub-inspectors in the Union Territory.
The premises of Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) Controller of Examinations, Ashok Kumar are also being searched, the reports say.
Jammu, Srinagar, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari in Haryana; Gandhinagar in Gujarat; Delhi; Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh; and Bengaluru in Karnataka are among the locations searched.
According to the officials, this is the CBI’s second round of searches as part of its investigation into alleged irregularities.
“The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on the request of the Jammu and Kashmir administration against 33 accused… on the allegations of irregularities in written examination for the posts of Sub-Inspectors in the J&K Police on 27.03.2022, conducted by J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB),” the CBI reportedly said on August 5 after registration of the FIR.
The exam results were declared on June 4 this year after which allegations of malpractices in the examination surfaced. The Jammu and Kashmir administration constituted an inquiry committee to look into the charges.
JKSSB had allegedly violated rules in outsourcing the setting of question papers to a Bengaluru-based private company, the probe agency had said.
“It was alleged that the accused entered in conspiracy amongst officials of JKSSB, Bengaluru-based private company, beneficiary candidates and others, and caused gross irregularities in the conduct of written examination for the posts of sub-inspectors. It was further alleged that there was an abnormally high percentage of selected candidates from Jammu, Rajouri and Samba districts,” the CBI reportedly said.
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