Paper may have been leaked
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, July 8: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today ordered cancellation of the list of successful candidates in written examination of Sub Inspectors in Jammu and Kashmir Police and recommended a Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) probe into the irregularities.
The decision came days after a high-level committee constituted by Sinha and headed by Financial Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, RK Goyal submitted inquiry report to the Lieutenant Governor into alleged irregularities.
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“JKP Sub-Inspector recruitment has been cancelled & a CBI probe has been recommended into selection process. Culprits will be brought to justice soon,” Sinha said through a tweet from Office of JG J&K.
“It’s a first big step towards securing future of our youth & Government will soon decide future course of action for fresh recruitment,” he added.
Official sources told the Excelsior that the official letter by the Jammu and Kashmir Government recommending CBI probe into the irregularities has been sent to the CBI Headquarters in New Delhi.
The CBI headquarters will mark the case to one of its wings in Jammu or Srinagar within a couple of days after which the Agency will file an FIR and start investigations.
There were reports that two to three members from some families got selected in the written examination of Sub Inspectors.
There were reports about leakage of written examination for the Sub Inspectors which resulted into selections from two to three members of one family. There could be many beneficiaries of the paper leakage, sources said.
The exam was conducted by Services Selection Board (SSB).
Last month, Sinha had ordered an inquiry into the selection of police Sub Inspectors after allegations of fraud in the recruitment process surfaced. The list of 1,200 successful candidates was declared by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board on June 4. Over 97,000 candidates had appeared in the exam for the posts.
Protests were held in Jammu against the selection list as there were allegations of favouritism. Several youths from a Jammu family had made it to the list, giving rise to the allegations.
Political parties also threw their weight behind the protesters, prompting the Government to announce a probe into the recruitment process.
The Union Territory Government formed a committee to probe the alleged irregularities in the written test for Sub Inspector posts.
The committee, formed on June 10, was headed by Financial Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department R K Goyal and had the Principal Secretary of the General Administration Department Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and the Secretary of the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Achal Sethi as members.
The committee was asked to submit its report and recommendations within 15 days.
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