Assam: Police arrests one more from Nalbari in connection with SI Exam Scam Case

Assam Police on Monday apprehended one more person accused of Nalbari in connection with the SI recruitment scam case. The accused has been identified as Pranab Sarma alias Bulbul.

Sarma is reportedly a government school teacher and owner of Lata Pharmacy situated at Nalbari-Hajo road. He is now under interrogation at Nalbari police station.

Audio of Pranab Sarma demanding money from SI candidates has already gone viral on the internet. He allegedly demanded Rs. 9-10 lakh from the candidates.

The accused has been arrested based on a special phone tapping.

Earlier, several accused were arrested from Nalbari in connection with the case.

Earlier, the godown of the owner of Akshay Telecommunication has been set on fire mysteriously on Sunday.

According to reports, although the godown was in the name of Akshay Chand’s sister-in-law’s name, it was used by Akhiya Chand for his business purpose.

At the time when the CID raided absconding Akshay Chand’s house, his godown in Bongaigaon has been set on fire mysteriously.

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The investigation of the recruitment exam scam has shaken Bongaigaon district as the accused Akshay Telecommunication’s owners Akshay Chand and Rubul Hazarika were also involved in the biggest ever scam of Assam Police.

The team of Assam police including CID teams recovered cash worth 3.33 crores have been seized from Tarini Banikya’s house based on the confession made by Rubul Hazarika.

The team also recovered crores of rupees from one of the accused Rupam Das’s father-in-law’s house at Abhayapuri in Bongaigaon district.

All the three accused are railway employees and close aides of Rubul Hazarika.

Meanwhile, following the recovery of the money from different parts of Barpeta, and Bongaigaon, CID raided Akshay Chand Baid alias Akhiya Chand’s house in North Bongaigaon and seized some important documents.

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