The police on Saturday arrested one more person involved in the Assam Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment scam from Bongaigaon. The accused has been identified as Rupam Das, a loco pilot in the Northeast Frontier Railway. The Police have also recovered a huge amount of cash worth Rs. One crore from a house at Borigaon near Abhayapuri town of the district.
A team of police raided the house of one Tarani Banikya at Borigan who is the father-in-law of Rupam das.
“Police has been raiding here since 4 AM. We have come to know that wife of Rupam Das is not cooperating with the police. Rupam is a friend of Rubul Hazarika,” said Bikram Ranjan Roy, a local journalist.
Rubul Hazarika, one of the accused in the recruitment scam was arrested from Nalbari on Friday. He was associated with Akshay Telecommunication of Bongaigaon, the company which got the subcontract to conduct the written scam.
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