A charge sheet against 36 accused persons in the Assam Police sub-inspector recruitment scam was submitted before the special judge by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police on December 18.
An official statement issued said, “The charge sheet has been submitted in connection with CID PS case number 21/2020 under the sections 120B/119/120/166/201/204/212/406/409/420/461/506/34 of IPC; Section 66 (B) of Information Technology Act; Sections 25 (1-B)(a)/25(1-B)(h) of Arms Act; Section 98(a) of Assam Police Act and Section 7(a) (b) (c)/8/12/13 (1) (a)/13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Section 7(a) (b) (c)/8/12/13 (1) (a)/13(2)”.
The charge sheet is of 2621 pages while the case diary consists of 1217 pages. 183 witnesses have been named as prosecution witnesses.
The statement says, “The statement of 32 witnesses has been recorded by a Judicial Magistrate under section 164 Cr.P.C whereas confessional statements of five arrested accused persons have been recorded by a Judicial Magistrate under section 164 Cr.P.C”.
The charge sheet has been submitted in 87 days from the date of first arrest in the case.
The statement said, “During investigation, cash amounting ₹ 6,26,69,440; 32 mobile phones,11 digital video recorders, 5 laptops, 10 vehicles (including a two-wheeler) were seized. The crime scenes were spread across 24 locations in four districts”.