Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The state recruitment department on Wednesday debarred 52 among 545 Police Sub Inspector candidates permanently after the investigation indicted them.
Additional Director General of Police,(recruitment) Kamal Pant issued order after the charge-sheet against the accused has been filed.
The department also sought clarification from the accused before debarring them permanently from taking any exam conducted by the police department henceforth.
The PSI recruitment exam was conducted state wide on October last year.Following a large scale malpractice, the CID took over the investigations and arrested the accused including the then head of the recruitment division for running the racket .
While the 52 candidates have been debarred permanently,the fate of the remaining selected candidates is in limbo.
Though the state government has cancelled the entire recruitment process,the court concerned has recently asked the department to think some alternatives for the selected candidates,a senior officer,said .