Police on Friday arrested two more accused in the Assam police sub inspector (SI) recruitment scam.
While Soroj Sarma, one of the prime accused of the case, was arrested by a joint team of CID and Crime Branch of Assam police, Rubul Hazarkia was held by Nalbari police.
A team of crime branch officials along with CID apprehended Sarma at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBI) in Guwahati, who had arrived from Lucknow. He had been absconding for last 15 days.
Another accused Rubul Hazarika, a shareholder of Akshay Telecommunication, the agency, which conducted SI examination, was arrested in Nalbari.
Sources said he is being brought to Guwahati for interrogation.
Police on Wednesday had sealed Akshay Telecommunication.
The Assam government cancelled a written exam to recruit 597 sub-inspectors to the police force after the question paper was leaked.
Continuing its crackdown into the police job recruitment scam in Assam, a special team of Assam Police along with a CID team on Tuesday night arrested former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) PK Dutta, one of the prime accused in the Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment scam.
Recently, Assam police arrested another prime accused in the scam, Diban Deka from Patacharkuchi. .