In a major crackdown on officials involved in the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSC) recruitment scam, the SIT on Saturday arrested a retired Indian Forest Service officer R.B.S. Rawat, joint secretary Manohar Kanyal and another senior officer from the State rural services, R.S. Pokhariyal.
According to the sources in the Special Task force (STF) formed by the State government to investigate into the irregularities in the recruitments of village panchayat development officers via UKSSC exam back in 2016, the arrested retired officer, R.B.S. Rawat was also the former Chief Of Forest Force In the State (HOFF), the senior-most post in the State Forest department. He was the then chairman of UKSSC exams when the scam was reported.
“RBS Rawat was made advisor with the State government under former BJP government in the State. The other two are also senior officers who were directly involved in the scam,” said an STF officer on conditions of anonymity.
