The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Assam on Friday filed its charge sheet in the Assam Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Recruitment Scam.
The case was registered based on the written FIR lodged by the then Chairman of SLPRB (State Level Police Recruitment Board), Pradeep Kumar on September 20, 2020.
The charge sheet consists of 2,621 pages in addition to the case diary of 1,217 pages. A total of 183 witnesses have been named as Prosecution Witnesses (PW), and a total of 32 witnesses have been recorded by the Judicial Magistrate under section 164 Cr. P.C whereas confessional statements of five accused personnel have been recorded by the Judicial Magistrate under section 164 Cr. P.C.
This charge sheet by the CID has been submitted within 87 days from the date of the first arrest related to the Assam SI Scam.
The charge sheet was submitted to the Special Court Judge, Guwahati under sections –
a) Indian Penal Code – Sections 120B/119/120/166/ 201/204/
b) Information Technology Act – Section 66(B)
c) Arms Act – Sections 25 (1-B) (a)/25(1-B) (h)
d) Assam Police Act – Section 98(a)
e) Prevention of Corruption Act,1988 – Section 7(a) (b) (c)/8/12/13 (1) (a)/13(2)
During the investigation, the CID recovered a total of Rs. 6,26,69,440, 32 Mobile phones, 11 number of Digital Video Recorders, Five Laptops, Ten Vehicles.
The charge sheet has been submitted against 36 accused personnel vide CID P.S. Charge Sheet number. 07/2020 dated December 18, 2020. The names of the accused are:
1. Kumar Sanjit Krishna
2. Prasanta Kumar Dutta (PK Dutta)
3. Diban Deka
4. Saroj Sarma
5. Rubul Hazarika
6. Akshay Chand Baid
7. Hirak Jyoti Baruah
8. Kushal Das
9. Rupan Das
10. Rupam Deka
11. Tarani Kanta Banikya
12. Pradip Mazumdar
13. Devraj Das
14. Jaydip Borooah
15. Manjit Bora
16. Rituraj Borah
17. Jitu Mikir
18. Anowar Ali
19. Priya Nath Gogoi
20. Dilip Gogoi
21. Abhijit Boro
22. Mrinal Kr. Nath
23. Kakumoni Nath
24. Kumud Kalita
25. Jintu Nath
26. Subrata Sarkar
27. Sukanya Sarkar
28. Jugami Brahma
29. Sanjib Kr. Sarma
30. Kumud Goswami
31. Pranjal Kr. Sarmah
32. Pranab Boro
33. Alakesh Baishya
34. Bimal Thapa
35. Ashok Das
36. Dhrubajyoti Da
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