Ranchi: In a significant national development amid the Jharkhand protest, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday began conducting raids at the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission office here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, an officer said.
For those unversed, job aspirants have been protesting for 24 days now against alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent development in Jharkhand protest.
“We are conducting raids at the JSSC office in connection with alleged irregularities in various examinations,” CID ADG Manoj Kaushik told PTI.
The state probe agency has arrested 20 people in connection with alleged recruitment exam irregularities, including former JPSC Chairman L Khiangte.
CID team starts matching and scrutinising OMR carbon copies
A team formed by the CID has started matching and scrutinising OMR carbon copies received during the investigation for evidence collection, the statement said. Investigation is underway, and further legal action will be taken based on evidence, it added.
The CID has so far arrested 20 people, including former JPSC chairman L Khiangte, in connection with the case. The agency arrested the former JPSC chairman on August 10.
The 1988-batch IAS officer, who was appointed JPSC chairman in February last year after retiring as chief secretary, had tendered his resignation on July 22. Khiangte had been questioned four times since July 28. He resigned as JPSC chairperson a day before the CID searched multiple locations, including his official residence, in connection with the alleged irregularities.
Congress Rahul Gandhi urges Soren to meet students’ representatives, resolve issue
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, urging him to personally meet representatives of protesting students and take appropriate action towards the resolution of the issue, a report by PTI news agency said.
Gandhi said the students’ protest had been peaceful and their demands legitimate, while asserting that the youth of India was its future and “we owe them our solidarity and support at this moment of crisis”. The Congress is part of the ruling JMM-led government in Jharkhand.
In his letter to Soren dated August 14, Gandhi said that the Congress party believes that the right to peaceful protest as enshrined in the Constitution of India is one of the central pillars of India’s democracy.