Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) chairman Sudhir Kumar, a 1987-batch IAS officer, was arrested on Friday for alleged involvement in the job scam that had rocked the state earlier this month. He was later taken to Beur Central Jail of Patna.
The bureaucrat's brother, Awadesh Kumar, and sister's son, Ashish Kumar, along with Awadhesh's wife, Manju Devi, were also arrested. Awadhesh is a geography professor at the premier Patna Women's College.
"We have also taken into custody Ashish's friend Sajjad Ahmed and BSSC's IT manager Niti Pratap Singh," said Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj, who is heading a special investigation team (SIT) formed at chief minister Nitish Kumar's behest to probe the leak of questions for the four-phase examinations for 13,120 Intermediate-level clerical vacancies.
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Bihar IAS officer arrested
By IndianMandarins - 2017-02-25 11:43:10
Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) chairman Sudhir Kumar, a 1987-batch IAS officer, was arrested on Friday for alleged involvement in the job scam that had rocked the state earlier this month. He was later taken to Beur Central Jail of Patna.
The bureaucrat's brother, Awadesh Kumar, and sister's son, Ashish Kumar, along with Awadhesh's wife, Manju Devi, were also arrested. Awadhesh is a geography professor at the premier Patna Women's College.
"We have also taken into custody Ashish's friend Sajjad Ahmed and BSSC's IT manager Niti Pratap Singh," said Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj, who is heading a special investigation team (SIT) formed at chief minister Nitish Kumar's behest to probe the leak of questions for the four-phase examinations for 13,120 Intermediate-level clerical vacancies.
