After the transfer of Amrit Paul who headed the Police Recruitment Cell, the State police transferred out Dy.SP P. Shanta Kumar from the cell on Tuesday. Both officers have been transferred to the Internal Security Division (ISD).
Mr. Shanta Kumar has had a long tenure at the recruitment cell over the past 12 years with brief interludes when he was transferred out. However, he used to return to the cell, where he joined as an inspector and was promoted as a DySP, sources said.
The Police Department has been abuzz as to why the CID probe had not yet reached the top officials of the Police Recruitment Cell and was only focusing on individual candidates and exam centres. “There cannot be such widespread malpractices in the exams and selection of candidates without the involvement of those who conducted the exams,” a senior police official said. Congress leader Priyank Kharge has also alleged that the State Government was focusing on the bottom of the pyramid of the scam and trying to divert attention away from the kingpins.
