Srinagar,: Another absconder from South Kashmir on Thursday surrendered before the anti corruption case in connection with the CET paper leak scam-2012.
According to the reports an absconder namely Fida Hussain Wani who works in the office of the CMO Anantnag as statistical assistant, surrendered before the anti-corruption court. Wani was later shifted to Srinagars central jail by the crime branch department of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources said that when Wani earlier absconded, the crime branch and had asked his department to order his suspension after which he presented himself before the court, confessing his crime of purchasing the question papers from the broker. Reports maintained that Fida Huusain had bought question papers of CET year 2012 for his brother namely Obaid Husain. The Crime Branch has earlier asked for the cancelation of the admission of Obaid.
Sources had earlier confirmed that out of the three arrested, one had surrendered after his property was confiscated. All the three accused are now under judicial custody in central Jail Srinagar. Reports maintained that two out of three accused now in central jail are senior officers in the forest department while as the third is assistant executive engineer. These three arrested officers had purchased papers for their wards and were wanted in the matter, a senior officer in the crime branch said.
On May 23, the High Court had reprimanded the Crime Branch for its slow pace in arresting the absconders. So far the Crime Branch has produced charge sheet against 45 accused including the former BOPEE chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Baqaal, alias Pir in the matter. Some parents and their wards have also been booked for securing admission through fraudulent means. Last month, the high court which is monitoring the investigations directed: all the codal provisions should be pressed into service to arrest these 17 absconders by tightening the noose so that the society at large may feel that justice is been done to those who are law abiding.
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