Chandigarh officials under scanner in recruitment scam
September 7th, 2009 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANSChandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) Possible involvement of some education department officials with two touts arrested Saturday night for offering to get a woman a teacher’s post for a bribe of Rs.400,000 is being investigated, officials said.
Education secretary-cum-vigilance officer of Chandigarh Ram Niwas told IANS Monday: “Police investigation in this case is in progress. While checking the past call details (of the touts), it was found that one of these touts was in touch with Chandigarh’s DPI (director, public instructions), schools.”
“However, we cannot conclude anything just on the basis of call details. Police investigation is still on and if anyone is found guilty, then strict action will be taken against him,” he added.
Samwartak Singh, DPI (schools), is a Haryana cadre civil services officer on deputation to Chandigarh administration with the education department.
Two men were arrested by police Saturday night after they called up Kamalpreet Kaur, who had appeared in the written test conducted recently by the Chandigarh education department, and offered to ensure her success in the interviews, which are still to take place.
The accused have been identified as Jolly, a Chandigarh resident, and Hardev Singh, a resident of Kharar town in Punjab, some 20 km from here.
Sources said police were verifying the call details and trying to find out if officials of education department were involved in the scam.
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