The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at seven locations in Jammu, Pathankot, Rewari and Karnal in connection with the police sub-inspector recruitment scam in Jammu and Kashmir.
The searches were conducted at the premises of arrested mastermind Yatin Yadav and CRPF constable Surender Singh among others, officials said.
The CBI had taken over the investigation into the case on August 3 on a reference from the Jammu and Kashmir government.The case relates to the leak of question paper for the examination through which 1,200 posts of sub-inspectors were to be filled by the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB).
In this case, 13 accused including then Commandant of BSF, one ASI and two Constables of Jammu and Kashmir Police, one CRPF Constable, one former CRPF official and a teacher were earlier arrested.
A Rewari resident, Yatin Yadav, had allegedly leaked the question paper with the help of an employee of the printing press in Okhla.
Yadav allegedly used illicit services of touts based in Jammu and Kashmir, including constables of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), for luring candidates who were charged anything between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 lakh approximately for the paper, they said.
The candidates were allegedly taken to Karnal in Haryana in vehicles provided by CRPF constable Surender Singh and a question paper was provided to them at a hotel there, the CBI said.
The leaked question paper was also allegedly provided to the candidates in Jammu. Searches were also earlier conducted around 77 locations including the premises of the then Chairman and Controller of JKSSB. Cash to tune of Rs 61.79 lakh was recovered.