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Assam Tourism Hiring Probe: Two Officers Arrested as CM Vigilance Nears Chargesheet

Officials say the decade-old recruitment case is nearly ready for court, with a chargesheet expected soon.

Overview

  • Assistant Tourism Officers Pranjal Bora and Ananya Borthakur were taken into custody on Tuesday in the Assam Tourism Department recruitment case.
  • Nayanmoni Pamegam, earlier reported absconding, has been apprehended and is now under arrest in the same probe.
  • Investigators say eight officials have been identified so far, with multiple suspensions already ordered within the department.
  • The case centers on alleged irregular appointments from roughly 2010 to 2013, a period officials associate with the tenure of then tourism minister Rakibul Hussain.
  • The CM Vigilance Cell says it registered a case citing Sections 13 and 25 and is scrutinizing appointment records, qualification documents and departmental correspondence.