Itanagar: Eight persons have been named in the first charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the APPSC assistant engineer (civil) examination question paper leak case.
The charge sheet was filed by the premier investigating agency at the District and Sessions Court in Yupia late Thursday evening.
A source familiar with the probe said that the charge sheet has been filed against 8 accused persons namely Taket Jerang, Thomas Gaduk, Akhilesh Yadav, Tanyang Gaduk, Tama Saroh, Binam Jomang, Talung Jomang and Loth Ezing.
For the unversed, Thomas Gaduk, a candidate of the assistant engineer (civil) examination conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) earlier this year and Yadav, a coaching institute teacher were arrested by the police on September 11 for their alleged involvement in the paper leak case.
Jerang the deputy secretary of APPSC, along with Tanyang Gaduk, the father of Thomas Gaduk, and Tama Saroh, the middleman, were arrested by the police on September 16.
On the other hand, Binam Jomang, a junior engineer (contractual) in the Panchayati Raj Department, Talung an agriculture field assistant and Loth Ezing, a civilian, were arrested by the SIC on October 03 last.
The question paper leak incident came to light after one Gyamar Padung, a candidate of the APPSC assistant engineer (civil) examination himself, filed a police complaint before the Itanagar police station on August 29 claiming that he suspected that the examination paper had been leaked.
The case was initially investigated by the Capital police and later transferred to the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state police.
Following demands from various quarters, the Arunachal government recommended a CBI probe in the case.
The agency took over the investigation on October 26.
The CBI had since then conducted searches at around 16 different places in Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh on November 03 last which had resulted in a recovery of incriminating documents/articles, including fake/counterfeit stamps of executive magistrate of Arunachal Pradesh, executive engineer, State Bank of India, hard discs, pen drives, etc.
(This is a developing story and will be updated as we receive more details)
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