UT hands over case to CBI

The recruitment scam had rocked the UT Education department in September last year with the arrest of two persons — Hardev Singh and Jolly — who were accused of demanding Rs 4.5 lakh from a woman for getting her recruited as a teacher in the Education department.

The role of DPI(S) Samwartak Singh was also under a cloud. However,the former DPI was given a clean chit by the police in its report prepared by then SP Madhur Verma.

The 256-page chargesheet was filed against mastermind Jolly and his accomplice Hardev Singh in the district courts,Sector 17,in November 2009. The name of the DPI was never included in the chargesheet.

Police investigation revealed that Jolly and the ex-DPI (S) 5had exchanged more than 150 calls with each other within a period of two months.

Investigations were handed over to CBI when a Sector-47 resident approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking a CBI probe. The UT Administration had relieved Samwartak Singh from the charge of DPI(S) after the case. Singh was also sent back to his parent cadre Haryana.

“We had asked for the chargesheet from the police for a detailed study of the case. It’s a routine matter and we will look into the details of the case first,” said DIG CBI Mahesh Aggarwal.