PTI, GUWAHATI/DIBRUGARH: Nineteen Assam government officers, including the daughter of BJP MP R P Sharma, were arrested today as their handwriting did not match with that in their answer sheets in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examination held in 2016, police said.
The Dibrugarh Police, which is probing the cash-for-job scam in the APSC, had summoned the 19 officers of the Assam Civil Service (ACS), Assam Police Service (APS) and allied services of the 2016 batch to appear for handwriting tests after forensic examinations of their answer sheets indicated anomalies.
Superintendent of Police, Dibrugarh, Gautam Bora said the handwriting of the 19 officers did not match with their answer sheets that were found to be fake earlier during forensic tests.
The officers were arrested in Guwahati, he said.
The 19 officers were selected in the examination conducted by the APSC when Rakesh Pal was its chairman.
Pal and three other officials of the commission were arrested in 2016 for their alleged involvement in the cash-for-job scam.
The arrested officials include 13 ACS, three APS and three allied service officials, Bora said.
