GUWAHATI: The Assam Police on Thursday, 26th July, summoned 19 Agriculture Development Officers, for questioning regarding the ADO job scam.
There are allegations against 27 agriculture officers of manipulating the answer scripts. The ADO examination was held in 2014.
The police had earlier arrested a suspended Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) member, Basanta Doley for allegedly altering and enhancing marks for the candidates. It was confirmed after forensic reports found tampering in 27 optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets of the candidates.
The kingpins of the agriculture scam, Rakesh Pal and Basanta Doley allegedly used their powers to change the marks for the benefit of the candidates who had secured these jobs by paying cash. Both are now under arrest.
