One of the key office bearers arrested in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) cash-for-job scam, Nanda Babu Singh, the former principal controller of the APSC examinations, has been granted bail by a special court on Tuesday.
APSC Cash-For-Job Scam
Nanda Babu Singh is alleged to be a close confidant of the former APSC chairman Rakesh Paul, and he had faced accusations of orchestrating the burning of around 45,000 answer sheets of APSC preliminary and main examinations under the alleged direction of the latter.
He apparently had used inappropriate measures for the appointment of his daughter Minerva Devi Arambam to secure the position of the Assam Civil Service (ACS).
Minerva Devi, who is currently serving as the Additional District Commissioner in Karimganj district, was summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for questioning in December 2023.
Nanda Babu Singh was called for questioning by the SIT and was picked up from his residence in Silchar on December 11, 2023, in connection with the APSC cash-for-job scam. After two days of interrogation, he was arrested on December 13, 2023.
