Assam police arrests prime accused in the cops job scam

GUWAHATI: Assam police on Thursday arrested Diban Deka, one of the prime accused in the cops job scam. He has been remanded to five day police custody.

Police had earlier issued look out notice against former DIG of Assam police P. K Dutta and a leader of BJP Diban Deka, he unsuccessfully contested in 2011 from Barkhetri assembly constituency. BJP has removed Deka from the primary membership of the party.


Assam police in a statement stated that Crime Branch, Guwahati City Police had received credible information about movement of Diban Deka a wanted accused in Crime Branch Case No. 13/2020 u/s 418/420/120(B) IPC.

Accordingly a crime branch team was despatched to lower Assam on September “During checking near Pathsala town Deka was found travelling with his wife. On being so identified as a wanted accused person in the aforementioned case, he was detained and brought to Guwahati under a strong police escort by crime branch officials where he was lodged in police lock up after medical examination. He has been produced in the competent court at Guwahati and remanded to five days police custody of the Guwahati City Police Crime Branch.”

Question paper was leaked of the Sub-Inspector recruitment exams that were cancelled on September 20 and this has created flutters in the state.

Around 60,000 candidates applied for the exam however it was cancelled minutes after it began as the question paper was already leaked in the social media.