JKSSB job scam: 20 booked, 14 places raided

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JKSSB job scam: 20 booked, 14 places raided

Thursday, 01 December 2022 | PNS | New Delhi

The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with alleged irregularities in the Accounts Assistant recruitment examination conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB).

The agency has booked 20 persons, including members of the JKSSB), in connection with the alleged manipulation of the examination. Premises of former member of JKSSB Neelam Khajuria were also being searched, officials said.

A case was registered against 20 accused including then member (JKAS) of JKSSB; then Medical officer of BSF Frontier Headquarters, Paloura ; private persons; private company & unknown others on the allegations of irregularities in the examination conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) for posts of Accounts Assistant, Finance Department. 

The written test for the said recruitment was conducted by JKSSB on March 6. The results were declared on April 21.

There were allegations of malpractices in the examination and the Jammu and Kashmir Government constituted an Inquiry Committee to look into the matter.

The report of the Committee revealed alleged conspiracy amongst officials of JKSSB, private company based at Bangalore, beneficiaries candidates and others causing gross irregularities in the conduct of said examination.

Certain allegations including high percentage of selected candidates from the districts of Jammu, Kathua and Reasi, leakage of question paper, violation of rules by JKSSB in assigning the task of setting question paper to a Bengaluru-based private company and forgery were also

found.

Those named accused in the case are Dr Karnail Singh, then Medical Officer, BSF Frontier Headquarters, Paloura; Ashok Kumar, then ASI in the J&K Police, Roshan Bral working as teacher, MeritTrac Services Private Limited, Bengaluru, Neelam Khajuria, JK Administrative Service and then Member, JKSSB, Anju Raina.

Then Section Officer, JKSSB, Mukta Devi ; Lakshmi Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Shubam Patyar, Manisha Kumari, Avinash Sharma, Bandana Sharma, Gurjeet Kour, Bandana Choudhary, Rajinder Makhnotra, Gurpreet Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Harpal Singh and unknown officials and others have also been named as accused in the case.

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