ED raids multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh in APPSC, APSSB scams

The Enforcement Directorate ED conducted multiple raids in Papum Pare district as part of investigation into the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board APSSB scam and APPSC paper leak case official sources said on FridayThe raids were conducted by ED under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 while investigating the APSSB scam and Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission APPSC paper leak casesThe ED initiated investigations under PMLA 2002 based on FIR registered by the Special Investigation Cell SIC under various sections of Prevention of Corruption PC Act 1988 and IPC1860 in the case of APPSB scam and FIR registered by SIC and CBI under various sections of PC Act 1988 in APPSC paper leak case the ED said in a tweetThe agency claimed that during the search operation on Tuesday it recovered incriminating documents and Rs 141 crore which has been frozenAccording to sources the ED raided the house of Taket Jerang the main accused in the APPSC paper leak scamJerang is the main accused in all the scams related to the APPSC since 2014The ED officials reportedly recovered some important documents from his residence and are planning a followup action based on the documents the sources saidAlso Read SC to hear plea alleging arbitrary use of ED CBI against opposition leadersIn another case the ED reportedly froze and attached the accounts of Kapter Ringu and her relatives in regard to the APSSB cashforjob scamThe SIC investigating the APSSB cashforjob scam had charge sheeted 19 persons in November 2020 for their alleged involvement in the caseSo far two cases have been registered by the SIC in the APPSC paper leak issue and the cases have already been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIThe premier investigating agency filed a chargesheet on December 9 last year against eight individuals and another on January 30 this year against one personAs many as 46 government officials and 13 private individuals have been arrested in connection with the malpractices conducted in the recruitment examinationsThe irregularities came to light after one Gyamar Padung who appeared in the examination filed a complaint at the Itanagar police station on August 29 claiming that he suspected that the question paper was leaked More than 400 candidates appeared in the examination held on August 26 and 27 last yearThe CBI had taken over the investigation on October 27 after the state government recommended it The case was initially investigated by the Capital Police and later transferred to the Special Investigation Cell SIC of the state policeOn March 10 last the state government had written to the ED urging it to investigate the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever