Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 25: Special Judge CBI cases Jammu Bala Joyti today granted seven days Enforcement Directorate remand of alleged kingpin of 2022 JKSSB Sub Inspector Exam paper leak.
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Yatin Yadav (43), a resident of Haryana’s Rewari, was arrested yesterday under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) Sub-Inspector Recruitment Exam was held on March 27, 2022 but the selected list of 1,200 candidates along with 1,300 Junior Engineers and 1,000 Finance Account Assistants was cancelled by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in July last year following allegations of paper leak and malpractice.
The case was handed over to the CBI and it filed charge-sheet against 33 accused including Yadav on November 12, 2022. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case stems from the CBI FIR.
The ED moved an application through its Special Public Prosecutor Ashwani Khajuria in the court of Special Judge, Anti Corruption (CBI cases), Jammu Bala Jyoti and got seven days remand of the accused.
Yadav was produced in the court under proper custody by Investigating Officer Rahul Verma, Assistant Director, ED, Sub Zonal Office, Jammu who prayed for his remand for a period of 14 days.
“From the perusal of case diaries and entire material on record, it transpires that since the accused was arrested on June 24, and that investigation of the case is at initial stage, as such he is remanded to ED custody for a period of seven days with effect from June 25,” the Special Judge said in her order and directed the ED to expedite the investigation against the accused within the remand period.
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