CRPF constable, ASI arrested in J&K police recruitment scam

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested four people, including a Jammu and Kashmir police assistant sub-inspector and a CRPF constable, in connection with sub-inspectors' recruitment scam in the Union Territory, officials said Monday.

The CBI has taken into custody Ashok Kumar, ASI, J&K Police, Surender Singh, Constable, CRPF, and two private individuals -- Pradeep Kumar, packing in-charge at the printing press where papers were getting printed and one Bajinder Singh, they said.

All the accused were called in Jammu where they were arrested and produced before a special court after questioning, they said.

The CBI probe in the scam has shown that Rs 20-30 lakh were allegedly paid by some aspirants to get advance copy of the papers, they said.

"CBI has so far arrested 13 accused including two constables of JK Police, one CRPF official, one Ex Constable of CRPF, one Teacher of Govt of J&K, one Commandant of BSF and one ASI of Jammu and Kashmir Police," the agency said in a statement.

Kumar, who was working at an Okhla-based Printing Press as packing in-charge, allegedly stole the question paper of the examination at the time of packing and sold it to Rewari-based Yatin Yadav, who was arrested earlier.