Guwahati, February 27 : The Assam police sleuths on Monday grilled former minister Gautam Roy in Guwahati for a couple of hours in connection with the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC)'s cash-for-job scam.
A team of Assam police led by Dibrugarh ASP SS Panesar had grilled the former Congress minister at the premises of Assam police Special Branch at Kahilipara.
The team was believed to have a few statement from Roy on his alleged involvement in the job scam.
A top police official said that, the former Congress minister, who is known very close with Rakesh Paul, the sacked chairman of APSC, had allegedly brokered the deal with a number of Congress leaders to ensure jobs under APSC for their candidates.
Gautam Roy, one of the powerful politician of Barak Valley, helped Rakesh Paul to get the top post in APSC.
Roy was earlier grilled by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption branch of Assam police last month for his alleged involvement in the Rs 2250 crore scam in the Social Welfare department.
In the cash-for-job scam, Assam police had already arrested eight persons including former APSC chairman Paul, his associates Samedur Rahman, Basanta Doley, an engineer.
Meanwhile, the top police official said that, Assam police is all set to submit first charge sheet of the scam before the court within short time.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
