ITANAGAR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out a number of raids in Papum Pare district as a part of investigation into the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB) rip-off and APPSC paper leak case, official sources mentioned on Friday. The raids have been carried out by ED underneath the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002 whereas investigating the APSSB rip-off and Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak instances.
“The 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 mentioned in a tweet.
The company claimed that, in the course of the search operation on Tuesday, it recovered incriminating paperwork and Rs 1.41 crore which has been frozen.
According to sources, the ED raided the home of Taket Jerang, the principle accused within the APPSC paper leak rip-off.
Jerang is the principle accused in all of the scams associated to the APPSC since 2014.
The ED officers reportedly recovered some essential paperwork from his residence and are planning a follow-up motion primarily based on the paperwork, the sources mentioned.
In one other case, the ED reportedly froze and hooked up the accounts of Kapter Ringu and her family members, in regard to the APSSB cash-for-job rip-off.
The SIC investigating the APSSB cash-for-job rip-off, had cost sheeted 19 individuals in November 2020 for his or her alleged involvement within the case.
So far two instances have been registered by the SIC within the APPSC paper leak challenge and the instances have already been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The premier investigating company filed a chargesheet on December 9 final yr in opposition to eight people and one other on January 30 this yr in opposition to one particular person.
As many as 46 authorities officers and 13 non-public people have been arrested in reference to the malpractices carried out within the recruitment examinations.
The irregularities got here to gentle after one Gyamar Padung, who appeared within the examination, filed a criticism on the Itanagar police station on August 29, claiming that he suspected that the query paper was leaked. More than 400 candidates appeared within the examination held on August 26 and 27 final yr.
The CBI had taken over the investigation on October 27 after the state authorities really useful it. The case was initially investigated by the Capital Police, and later transferred to the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state police.
On March 10 final, the state authorities had written to the ED, urging it to research the case.
