GUWAHATI, Nov 18: The Special Judge Court on Friday sent Rakesh Paul, the arrested chairman of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC), to judicial custody for 14 days. Paul was produced in the Special Judge Court on Friday.
The Special Judge Court also asked the police to reproduce Paul in the court on December 3 next.
On the other hand, the police raided the house of Samedur Rehman, now under police custody in the cash for jobs scam in the APSC, last night and seized Rs 9,50,000 in cash.
In the ongoing search operations, a recommendation letter sent by a former Congress minister of the State supporting three candidates and few other valuable exam related documents were also seized by the police.
The police on Thursday conducted another search operation in the Commission’s head office. However, this time the police took with them Rakesh Paul.
Multiple raids were conducted by different police teams recently to trace out incriminating documents and locate benami properties amassed by all the suspects, including the APSC chairman, in different locations in the State.
There are also reports that the ongoing probe is heading towards zeroing in on a number of suspects who were in direct contact with Paul. Source: The Sentinel
