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CBI searches 37 places in J&Okay over irregularities in finance dept recruitment examination

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By PTI

NEW DELHI: The CBI Friday performed searches at 37 places in six districts of Jammu and Kashmir in reference to alleged irregularities within the recruitment examination of accounts assistants within the finance division held on March 6 final yr, officers mentioned.

CBI sleuths swooped down on the premises of middlemen and different accused at 30 places in Jammu in R S Pura, Karan Bangh and a number of other different areas on Friday morning, they mentioned, including the operation was performed in different districts together with Udhampur, Rajouri, Reasi and Doda.

The premises of a number of touts who helped candidates within the choice course of have been searched in the course of the operation, officers mentioned.

The CBI registered a case in November final yr over alleged irregularities within the examination performed by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officers mentioned.

It has booked 20 individuals within the case, together with Neelam Khajuria, a former member of JKSSB, part officer Anju Raina, and Karnail Singh, who was then a medical officer of the BSF frontier headquarters and likewise an accused within the J-Okay Police Sub-Inspector recruitment examination rip-off case.

The examination was performed by the board on March 6, 2022, and its outcomes have been printed on April 21 that yr.

The outcomes confirmed a excessive proportion of chosen candidates have been from the districts of Jammu, Kathua and Reasi, resulting in allegations of paper leak and different irregularities, officers mentioned.

“There were allegations regarding malpractices in the examination and the Government of Jammu and Kashmir constituted an inquiry committee to look into the same. The report of the committee revealed the alleged conspiracy among officials of JKSSB, a private company based in Bengaluru, beneficiary candidates and others causing gross irregularities in the conduct of the said examination,” the CBI spokesperson had mentioned after the FIR was filed on November 28.

It was additionally alleged that JKSSB violated guidelines in assigning the duty of setting query papers to the Bengaluru-based personal firm.

NEW DELHI: The CBI Friday performed searches at 37 places in six districts of Jammu and Kashmir in reference to alleged irregularities within the recruitment examination of accounts assistants within the finance division held on March 6 final yr, officers mentioned.

CBI sleuths swooped down on the premises of middlemen and different accused at 30 places in Jammu in R S Pura, Karan Bangh and a number of other different areas on Friday morning, they mentioned, including the operation was performed in different districts together with Udhampur, Rajouri, Reasi and Doda.

The premises of a number of touts who helped candidates within the choice course of have been searched in the course of the operation, officers mentioned.

The CBI registered a case in November final yr over alleged irregularities within the examination performed by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officers mentioned.

It has booked 20 individuals within the case, together with Neelam Khajuria, a former member of JKSSB, part officer Anju Raina, and Karnail Singh, who was then a medical officer of the BSF frontier headquarters and likewise an accused within the J-Okay Police Sub-Inspector recruitment examination rip-off case.

The examination was performed by the board on March 6, 2022, and its outcomes have been printed on April 21 that yr.

The outcomes confirmed a excessive proportion of chosen candidates have been from the districts of Jammu, Kathua and Reasi, resulting in allegations of paper leak and different irregularities, officers mentioned.

“There were allegations regarding malpractices in the examination and the Government of Jammu and Kashmir constituted an inquiry committee to look into the same. The report of the committee revealed the alleged conspiracy among officials of JKSSB, a private company based in Bengaluru, beneficiary candidates and others causing gross irregularities in the conduct of the said examination,” the CBI spokesperson had mentioned after the FIR was filed on November 28.

It was additionally alleged that JKSSB violated guidelines in assigning the duty of setting query papers to the Bengaluru-based personal firm.