Cash more than ₹5 crore recovered in connection with SI recruitment scam

Oct. 10: Cash amounting to Rs. 5,36,88,640 was recovered in searches at Bongaigaon, Barpeta, and Chirang districts in Assam on Saturday. This has got probable connection with the Assam Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment scam. Confirming the same, Assam’s Additional Director General of Police (DGP) G P Singh in a tweet wrote, “An amount of INR 5,36,88,640 was recovered in searches at Bongaigaon, Barpeta and Chirang district. The money is suspected of being connected to CID Case No 21/2020 (SI Recruitment Case).”

An amount of INR 5,36,88,640 was recovered in searches at Bongaigaon, Barpeta and Chirang district. The money is suspected of being connected to CID Case No 21/2020 (SI Recruitment Case) @assampolice @AssamCid @CMOfficeAssam @DGPAssamPolice

— GP Singh (@gpsinghassam) October 10, 2020

Assam’s Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Saturday announced that a total of 45 arrests have been made so far in connection. This includes the two main accused — DIG (retd) PK Dutta, and former BJP leader Diban Deka. Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said, “Rs. 1.70 crore was recovered from Barpeta, Rs. 3.4 crore from Bongaigaon, Rs. 3 lakh from Chirang. On the other hand, Rs. 15 lakh has been recovered a short while ago from another location. So roughly, around 5.2 crore has been recovered.”