GUWAHATI: The Assam government is facing a political backlash after a man, named Victor Das, who had reached out to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta through Twitter with claims of a “backdoor appointment” for 26,000 grade III and IV posts, was arrested by the police.
Das, who owns a coaching institute in Guwahati, had claimed people were demanding Rs 3-8 lakh depending on the post. He also alleged that some former MLAs were also involved.
He was arrested under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 384 (extortion) and 505 (circulation of fake news or rumours) for “spreading rumours and indulging in a conspiracy to foment discord between various sections of society over selection to government posts.” A local court on Saturday sent him to seven-day police custody.
To ensure fairness, the government had shut down Internet during the conduct of the job tests on August 21 and 28.
Over 14 lakh students had sat for the tests. The opposition parties are going hammer and tongs at the BJP-led government in the state for “suppressing truth”.
“The government fears that corruption, which started from the CM’s constituency, will get exposed. So, in order to protect people around the CM who are involved in it and to conceal it, the police arrested Victor Das but the people of Assam have come to know this,” state Congress chief Bhupen...
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