Govt set to take action against officers for failure to maintain exam secrecy
JAMMU, July 12: The Government is expected to come down heavily on the officers involved in conduct of Sub Inspectors written examination, the list of which was recently cancelled by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and the probe was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) even as the Crime Branch which too had sought permission for registration of First Information Report (FIR) in the scam had almost established that paper was leaked in Jalandhar and sold initially for Rs 15 lakh followed by as low as Rs 10,000. Official sources told the Excelsior that the Government is likely to initiate action against the officers who failed to fulfill their duties of maintaining secrecy of the exam and ensure that it was successfully completed. Action will help the CBI initiate free, fair and independent probe into the scam after registration of the FIR. "The CBI headquarters as well as Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) have cleared the probe recommended by the Jammu and Kashmir and the CBI is expected to lodge the FIR anytime this week,'' sources said. Sources now said that the Crime Branch had also initiated preliminary investigations into Sub Inspectors recruitment scam, the paper for which was conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB) through a recruitment agency. After gathering enough evidence, the Crime Branch had sought permission for registration of the FIR but by that time the Inquiry Committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary Home RK Goyal submitted its report and the Government cancelled the exam and recommended the CBI inquiry. The Crime Branch had made major headway in the scam as it