The Ministry of Person Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension has sent a letter to the State Chief Secretary for ‘action as appropriate’ in the Assam Police SI recruitment scam.
“On September 30, 2020, I did send a letter to the Prime Minister seeking CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) into the SI recruitment scam in Assam. The letter was under the consideration of the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) for a long time. It was on January 7, 2021 the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension sent a letter to the Assam Chief Secretary for ‘action as appropriate’ in the SI scam,” SwarajAsom’s chief convener Bhaben Handique said in a media statement.
“What steps the Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal-led government, which came to power with the promise of zero tolerance to corruption, takes now is significant. Barring a few political honchos, an SP and a retired DIG, no political big fishes whose names figured in the recruitment scam were grilled by the investigators,” he added.
While suspecting the role of a few coaching centres in the scam, Handique stated, “Without a CBI inquiry into the vexed scam, it will be very difficult to bust the racket.”