The Assam Police on Monday issued a lookout notice against Diban Deka, who identifies himself as a national executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kisan Morcha, and former Deputy Inspector General PK Dutta in connection with a police recruitment exam scandal, reported The Sentinel. Deka and Dutta, the two main accused in the question paper leak case, are absconding. Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta also announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information on the location of the two.
The recruitment exam was scheduled to be held on September 20. However, it was cancelled minutes after it began after it was found out that the question paper had been leaked on social media. Nineteen people have been arrested so far – four by the police from Lower Assam’s Nalbari district and the rest by Guwahati Police’s Crime Branch and the Assam Crime Investigation Department,…