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Officials said that the CBI has registered a case against Sudhir Kumar Pradhan, Rajshri Panda, Sangram Mishra, Sai Sagar Kar, Sambit Mishra and Shruti Sagar Kar, Assistant Administrative Officer of the recruitment cell of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar.
New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against an AIIMS-Bhubaneshwar officer and five others for alleged corruption in the recruitment of Group-B and Group-C posts using fake documents. Officials gave this information on Saturday. The agency took action on the findings of its preliminary inquiry recorded in March, prima facie a case of criminal conspiracy, fraud, forgery and bribery. Officials said that the CBI has registered a case against Sudhir Kumar Pradhan, Assistant Administrative Officer of the recruitment cell of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, five other Rajshri Panda, Sangram Mishra, Sai Sagar Kar, Sambit Mishra and Shruti Sagar Kar.
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The CBI has alleged that Shruti Sagar Kar, an employee of Bombay Intelligence Security (India) Limited (BIS), had conspired to get permanent employment for its relatives and family members in AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. On July 1, 2023, the recruitment process was compromised using forged educational and work experience certificates for advertised positions. It is alleged that Panda, Sangram Mishra, Sai Sagar Kar and Sambit Mishra had secured jobs on the basis of fake educational documents issued by Shri College of Paramedical Sciences, Ghaziabad. The FIR has been accused. Apart from this, no such college or university infrastructure ie college and allid Healthcare Council of India, from which the college is affiliated, was not found on their website.
Four candidates found fake
The CBI also found irregularities regarding work experience. All four candidates were found to be fake in roles like Sanitary Inspector and Medical Record Technician at Medical College, Gorakhpur. Officials said that the certificates were made fake and allegedly Shruti Sagar Kar had acquired them by conspiring with applicants and others. Initial investigation has revealed that Pradhan played an important role in the conspiracy, as he did not inform the higher officials that the verification letter sent to the Ghaziabad Institute returned without distributing it, so that the four candidates continued to work.
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