The Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell on June 3 has arrested two more RTI activists in connection to the Rs 105 crore-State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) scam in Assam.
Assam SCERT Scam
The arrested persons have been identified as Benin Doley and Rajib Kakati. It has come to light that Benin Doley received Rs 5 lakh while Rajib Kakati received Rs 7 lakh from SCERT account through RTGS.
The CM’s Special Vigilance Cell has picked up 21 people in connection to the scam. Of which, 11 persons have already been forwarded to judicial custody by the court while 10 others are still being interrogated by the cell.
Despite the summon notices, Dibakar Sonowal and one senior journalist with the surname Talukdar didn’t appear before the CM’s Special Vigilance Cell.
