From Bhupen Goswami
GUWAHATI: The corona lockdown has brought recession all over the world. But many people have benefited from it. People have no money but people have filled their pockets by taking advantage of Corona. The sensation spread after a huge amount of cash amounting to about 3 crore was found in Abhaypuri in Bongaigaon district in Assam. One was recovered from the house on Saturday morning.
A team of police raided the house of a Tarani Banikya in Borigan, Bangaigaon and recovered more than 3 crore cash. Tarani Banikya is the father-in-law of a Rupam Das who has been arrested from Bongaigaon in connection with the Assam Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment scam. More than Rs 2 crore in cash was recovered from his residence in the district. The arrested railway employees have been identified as Debraj Das. The Barpeta police arrested Das during a raid at his residence in Gandhi Nagar in Barpeta city.Police said that a police team led by Barpeta DSP Madan Ch Kalitha while raiding the information received from the informers raided his house during the raid and recovered the cash. For information, let us know that railway employees are posted in Das Bongaigaon. With this, the police arrested another accused person from Bongaigaon district in Assam Police recruitment scam. A crime branch team along with Bongaigaon police arrested Rupam Das from his law residence at Abhayapuri in Bongaigaon district. Police said Roopam was accompanied by another accused, Rubul Hazarika. “The police has been raiding here since 4 am. We come to know that Roopam Das’s wife is not cooperating with the police. Roopam is a friend of Rubul Hazarika. One of the accused in the recruitment scam, Rubul Hazarika, was arrested on Friday from Nalbari.He was associated with the company’s Akshay Telecom, the company that got a sub-contract to do the written scam. Cash worth crores of rupees has been seized from.
A total of Rs 5 crore in cash has been recovered from both houses in an operation started by the Assam Police team.The police conducted raids for more than 8 hours from Friday night and recovered money from homes. Both Devraj and Roopam have been arrested by the police. A reliable source in the criminal investigation department of the Assam Police said that after being questioned, former Deputy Inspector General of Assam Prashant Kumar Dutta, the prime accused in the SI examination scam of the Assam Police, was involved in the scam. “Unscrupulous” police officers are accused of involvement.The people who have been involved in this scam have told everything, after what they told, the CID has raided from place to place, there has been a panic within the Bharatiya Janata Party on the charge of involvement in this scam. The confession of accused former DIG Prashant Kumar Dutta has led to several incidents of scam. A reliable source of the Assam Police said that a BJP leader and RSS leader have also come forward with an equal stake in the scam. Police sources said the arrested men were both associated with the BJP party.
