Police of Dibrugarh has detained Simanta Jyoti Saikia for interrogation Simanta is the husband of Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) doctor, Dr. Ajanta Hazarika, the police are interrogating him about his wife and whereabouts, she has been accused of taking money from people promising that she will offer jobs to them in the Northeast Frontier Railways.
Police have been in search of her at her Naliapool residence in Dirbuagrh but couldn’t find her.
TSI Manoranjan Saikia of Dibrugarh Police station. “We have picked up Dr. Hazarika’s husband for interrogation,”
Two of the victims, namely Kishore Deb and Ajay Dutta Biswas, have recorded statements in Dibrugarh CJM court on Wednesday in connection with the cash-for-job scam.
Amol Nath, the complainant in the case, lodged an FIR against Dr. Hazarika at Gabharupathar police outpost in Dibrugarh on December 7, 2020, alleging that the doctor had taken about Rs 22 lakh from three job aspirants from Dibrugarh with a promise to provide job in the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR).
Amal Nath alleged that he had transferred half of the amount sought by Dr. Hazarika to the bank accounts of Rajeev Parashar at Sixmile in Guwahati.
In another case, Rajib Parashar was arrested by the Guwahati crime branch in October 2020 for his alleged involvement in extorting money from candidates of various other public service recruitment examinations.