The CBI has registered a case against 33 accused including then Medical Officer of BSF and Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board officials besides an owner of a coaching centre and conducted searches at 30 locations in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of Sub-Inspector in J&K police.

Searches were conducted today at 30 locations, including at Jammu, Srinagar and  Bengaluru  at the premises of the accused persons and entities, the CBI said.

The accused persons and entities are Dr  Karnail Singh, Medical Officer, BSF Frontier Headquarters, Paloura, Ashok Kumar, ASI, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Ashwani Kumar, former CRPF official.

Avinash Gupta, owner of ‘EDUMAX Classes, Akhnoor, Akshay Kumar, Manager of ‘EDUMAX Classes, Roshan Bral, teacher, Narayan Dutt, then member Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKKAS), , Bishan Dass, then Under Secretary, JKSSB, Anju Raina, then Section Officer, JKSSB and MeritTrac Services Private Limited, Bengaluru have also been named as accused in the case.

The case was registered on the request of Jammu and Kashmir government against the 33 accused on the allegations of irregularities in written examination for the posts of Sub-Inspectors in the Jammu and Kashmir police on March 27, conducted by J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB), it said. The results were declared on June 4. There were allegations regarding malpractices in the examination. The J&K government had constituted an Inquiry Committee to look into the same.

“It was alleged that the accused entered into conspiracy amongst officials of JKSSB, Bengaluru-based private company, beneficiary candidates and others, and caused gross irregularities in conduct of written examination for the posts of SIs,” the agency said in a statement.

It was further alleged that there was an abnormally high percentage of selected candidates from Jammu, Rajouri and Samba districts. Violation of rules by JKSSB was allegedly found in assigning the task of setting the question paper to Bengaluru-based private company MeritTrac Services Private Limited, it added.