The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted searches at around 50 locations across seven States/Union Territories in an ongoing investigation of two cases related to leakage of question papers for the written examinations for the post of constables in Himachal Pradesh Police.
During searches conducted in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, the NIA has recovered incriminating documents, the agency said in a statement. The CBI had registered two cases on November 30 last year on the request of Himachal Pradesh Government and further notification by the Centre.
Later, the CBI took over investigation of these cases earlier registered as FIR No. 41 at Police Station, Gaggal and FIR No. 5 of Police Station CID, Bharari (Shimla) by State Police on allegations of leakage of question papers of written examinations for post of constables in Himachal Pradesh Police, held on March 27 last year.
“During investigation and scrutiny of documents, the alleged role of various middlemen based in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, etc were revealed.