TNPSC scam: Key accused surrenders
CB-CID To Take Him Into Custody
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:07.02.2020
Prime suspect and brain behind the TNPSC examination scam surrendered before a Saidapet court on Thursday. The CB-CID, probing the alleged malpractice, had been hunting for S Jayakumar, 45, for the last two weeks even as investigators arrested 32 people in connection with scams in the 2019 Group IV exam and the 2017 Group II-A exam.
The 23rd metropolitan magistrate court directed that Jayakumar be remanded till Friday and be produced before the CB-CID court in Egmore on that day. CBCID investigators are expected to take him into custody for detailed questioning. Police constable Sithandi and Jayakumar are the main suspects in the scam.
Police circulated his photographs at airports, major railway stations and bus terminals to prevent Jayakumar from escaping to another state or country. A week ago, police, who suspected Jayakumar’s role in both scams, conducted searches at his Mogappair house and seized a laptop, pen drive and more than 60 special ink pens apart from documents. Police also found that Sithandi, who was arrested from Sivaganga, had collected ₹82.5 lakh from seven job aspirants who cleared the 2017 group II-A exam and were selected for government jobs then. Meanwhile, the CBCID has taken accused Omkanthan into five days police custody in connection with the TNPSC Group IV exam scam. Omkanthan was assigned to assist TNPSC staff Manickavel in transporting the answer sheets from Rameswaram to Chennai. Around 8 pm on September 1, 2019, after loading the answer sheets in a van, Omkanthan kept the key with him. Jayakumar followed the van in another vehicle.
Meanwhile, with the detention of a VAO, recruited in 2016 through TNPSC exam, for suspected job fraud, the CB-CID suspect malpractices in the VAO test held then. The VAO allegedly gave ₹15 lakh to Jayakumar to get selected. Five others, who were selected as VAOs after writing the exam in February 2016, are also under the scanner.
CB-CID To Take Him Into Custody
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:07.02.2020
Prime suspect and brain behind the TNPSC examination scam surrendered before a Saidapet court on Thursday. The CB-CID, probing the alleged malpractice, had been hunting for S Jayakumar, 45, for the last two weeks even as investigators arrested 32 people in connection with scams in the 2019 Group IV exam and the 2017 Group II-A exam.
The 23rd metropolitan magistrate court directed that Jayakumar be remanded till Friday and be produced before the CB-CID court in Egmore on that day. CBCID investigators are expected to take him into custody for detailed questioning. Police constable Sithandi and Jayakumar are the main suspects in the scam.
Police circulated his photographs at airports, major railway stations and bus terminals to prevent Jayakumar from escaping to another state or country. A week ago, police, who suspected Jayakumar’s role in both scams, conducted searches at his Mogappair house and seized a laptop, pen drive and more than 60 special ink pens apart from documents. Police also found that Sithandi, who was arrested from Sivaganga, had collected ₹82.5 lakh from seven job aspirants who cleared the 2017 group II-A exam and were selected for government jobs then. Meanwhile, the CBCID has taken accused Omkanthan into five days police custody in connection with the TNPSC Group IV exam scam. Omkanthan was assigned to assist TNPSC staff Manickavel in transporting the answer sheets from Rameswaram to Chennai. Around 8 pm on September 1, 2019, after loading the answer sheets in a van, Omkanthan kept the key with him. Jayakumar followed the van in another vehicle.
Meanwhile, with the detention of a VAO, recruited in 2016 through TNPSC exam, for suspected job fraud, the CB-CID suspect malpractices in the VAO test held then. The VAO allegedly gave ₹15 lakh to Jayakumar to get selected. Five others, who were selected as VAOs after writing the exam in February 2016, are also under the scanner.
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