SHILLONG, JUNE 30: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to handover the seized documents relating to the “infamous education scam in appointment of teachers” to the state police.
CJM court judge B Joshi said in an order, “All relevant seized documents shall be handed over to the state police by the CBI after making an inventory of the same and an acknowledgement receipt shall be obtained for the same.”
The order came after Inspector N Thohrem, the officer in charge of Laitumkhrah police station appealed for a direction to the SP of CBI, Shillong to hand over the seized documents pertaining to the recruitment of assistant teachers in Lower Primary Schools which were seized by the CBI.
On June 4 during the hearing, the court decided to hear the argument on behalf of the CBI and the state on the appeal by the state police as it also observed that Meghalaya high court has ordered for investigation of the case by the CBI.
However, during the hearing, counsel for the CBI and the public prosecutor did not object to the handing over of the seized documents to the state police, the order stated.
The court direction follows the a petition filed by two persons including Agnes Kharshiing, the president of the Civil Society Women’s Organization (CSWO) with regard to the failure of the police to take action on the FIR filed since July 18, 2011 on the case.
Earlier, the court had also directed Investigating Officer (IO) to file report on the status of investigation as well as directed to speed up investigation. The counsel of the petitioner had also submitted to the court that the FIR which was ordered to be as supplementary FIR to this case was not found on record.- By Our Reporter
Now this will be interesting…Will they dare make the arrest? it is rumored that even in the Umsawli case the Police intend to hand over the case to the CID….in spite of an FSL which says that the land document is forged….they dare not make arrests of legal counsel and officers involved so would they dare arrest ministers…White collared crimes thrive because of the Police who are delaying to buy time, and they help these powerful corrupt politicians.. From Jan 2013 the Judge had passed an order for the investigation of this case regarding the education scam but the Police slept for almost a year….then now all of a sudden have gone to the court….who is the counsel who misguides them? can they not know how to get the documents ? why is it that they know nothing when it comes to investigating against powerful people? They should be booked for abetting the crime which has deprived many candidates of a job, especially those who need the job to sustain their families, and these unfortunate candidates struggled with no political patron…
Recently. we had three officers in the police department who had done a great job for the department
. I am proud of these officers. I feel the police officers who take up the issue of the education scam should follow the above trio. Let not the court compel the department to follow the issue (education scam).