A police constable within the dock for alleged irregularities in a constable recruitment examination died by suicide Saturday in village Rampur village in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district after alleging that there was an try to border decrease rung policemen. The incident has sparked a political controversy within the state.
The event comes on a day when six individuals – together with 4 constables – have been arrested for the alleged manipulation of scores throughout a constable recruitment examination held within the district on November 16. In accordance with officers, the constable Anil Ratnakar, who was on obligation in the course of the recruitment course of, was discovered hanging from a tree early within the village.
A word discovered written in Hindi on the palm of his hand allegedly mentioned: “They’re implicating karmacharis (constables) and they’re making an attempt to guard officers. Everyone seems to be concerned”.
Ratnakar had joined the pressure in 2021 and was posted in Khairagarh district.
Talking concerning the alleged suicide, Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg advised The Indian Specific: “He was on obligation for the constable recruitment work from November 16. We had registered an FIR just lately as a result of fraudulent entries of candidates… Whether or not it was police or the non-public firm which supplied tech help, all have been being questioned. Anil has mentioned that officers are being protected…it’s a severe subject and applicable motion will likely be taken”.
An FIR registered on December 17 on the idea of a grievance made by Deputy Superintendent Tanupriya Thakur claimed there was some manipulation within the marking system for brief put, which was a part of the bodily evaluation examination. In accordance with the grievance, Thakur, who was a part of the committee in command of the recruitment course of, had discovered that some aspirants scored larger regardless of their poor efficiency.
“After the matter got here to mild, we dismissed greater than 10 individuals — together with some policemen. We now have discovered 30 entries thus far,” he mentioned.
Two pc operators from a personal firm that was entrusted to document the scores have additionally been arrested in connection.
Former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel voiced concern concerning the constable’s suicide in a social media submit.
“The corruption in police recruitment in Rajnandgaon appears to be like fairly severe as content material written by constable Anil Ratnakar earlier than committing suicide suggests the employees are been implicated whereas officers are safeguarded. It means the officers are concerned (CM) Vishnu Deo Sai ji,” Baghel mentioned, looking for a high-level inquiry into the allegations.
The constable’s household, in the meantime, maintained his innocence, claiming that he was upset at being faraway from obligation after the allegation surfaced. His cellphone had additionally been seized, his brother Sunil advised the media.
“He borrowed a cellphone and referred to as me final night time to say he was being falsely implicated they usually have been being tortured one after the other. He mentioned others on obligation have been concerned however they’re falsely implicating us karmacharis (policemen) and making us scapegoats,” he mentioned.
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