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New Delhi, Sept 13: In connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors in the Union Territory, the CBI on Tuesday began a search operation at 33 sites, including the residence of the former chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir SSB, Khalid Jahangir, sources said.
According to the sources, searches are also being conducted at the offices of Ashok Kumar, the Controller of Examinations for the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB).
Jammu, Srinagar, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari in Haryana; Gandhinagar in Gujarat; Delhi; Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh; and Bengaluru in Karnataka are among the locations searched.
CBI conducting searches at 33 places incl in Jammu, Srinagar, dists of Haryana, Gandhinagar, Ghaziabad, Bengaluru, Delhi in connection with SI recruitment scam of J&K.
Raids at premises of Khalid Jahangir, former chairman & Ashok Kumar, control of examinations of J&K SSB pic.twitter.com/J8TMhndQpn
— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2022
According to them, this is the CBI’s second wave of searches as part of its investigation into potential irregularities.
On June 4 of this year, the exam results were announced, and shortly after, charges of exam fraud appeared. An investigation committee was formed by the Jammu and Kashmir government to investigate the allegations.
According to the investigation agency, JKSSB reportedly broke the law when it outsourced the creation of question papers to a private corporation with headquarters in Bengaluru.
