Tura resident and former chairman of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC), Rakesh Paul, is among 32 other accused who have been found guilty, on Monday, by a Special Court in connection with the illegal recruitment of Agriculture Development Officers (ADOs) in what has been dubbed Assam’s cash-for-jobs scam.

The court of the Special Judge, Assam on Monday convicted 33 accused, including former chairman of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) Rakesh Paul in connection with the illegal recruitment of an Agriculture Development Officer (ADO)

The court of the Special Judge, Assam on Wednesday rejected a supplementary chargesheet submitted by a senior IPS officer Prateek V Thube, who is conducting a probe into the cash-for-jib scam in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) and directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by additional DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta for further investigation by a new investigation officer not below the rank of DySP.

Directorate of Sainik Welfare Assam organized an Ex-Servicemen Re-union rally to felicitate 26 successful Ex-Servicemen candidates of Assam at Guwahati's Dighalipukhuri on Sunday.