The CBI has performed searches at 5 locations in Chhattisgarh in reference to alleged irregularities in a recruitment examination performed by the state Public Service Fee in the course of the earlier Congress rule, officers mentioned on Friday.
The searches, performed on Thursday, lined three areas in Raipur and two in Mahasamund districts belonging to 5 individuals, (File picture)(Consultant picture)
The searches, performed on Thursday, lined three areas in Raipur and two in Mahasamund districts belonging to 5 individuals, and the company recovered incriminating paperwork from these premises, an official assertion mentioned.
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The alleged function of those individuals emerged in the course of the investigation right into a case associated to the Chhattisgarh Public Service Fee (CGPSC) recruitment rip-off, it mentioned.
The Central Bureau of Investigation in July 2024 took over the investigation of two instances concerning alleged malpractices within the recruitment for the posts of deputy collector, deputy superintendent of police and another senior authorities posts via the CGPSC throughout 2020-2022.
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The central company has up to now arrested seven individuals: then chairman of CGPSC Taman Singh Sonwani, his nephews Nitesh Sonwani and Sahil Sonwani, then Deputy Controller Examination (CGPSC) Lalit Ganvir, Director of Shri Bajrang Energy and Ispat Ltd Shravan Kumar Goyal, his son Shashank Goyal and daughter-in-law Bhumika Katiyar, the assertion mentioned.
Shashank Goyal, his spouse Bhumika Katiyar and Nitesh Sonwani had been chosen for the put up of Deputy Collector, whereas Sahil had been chosen for the put up of Deputy Superintendent of Police, it mentioned. The CBI on January 16 filed a cost sheet within the case earlier than a particular court docket in Raipur, naming all these individuals as accused.
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The investigation continued in respect of different candidates, officers of CGPSC and others. As per the cost sheet, Taman Singh Sonwani leaked query papers to his nephews Nitesh and Sahil.
Additional, Taman Singh and Lalit Ganvir entered right into a legal conspiracy with Shravan Kumar Goyal, whole-time director of Shri Bajrang Energy and Ispat, and allegedly leaked query papers to Shravan. He shared them together with his son and daughter-in-law, the cost sheet mentioned.