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SSB Scandal: Lt Colonels, Major among 17 army personnel booked

The development comes after the Additional Directorate General (Discipline & Vigilance) in Adjutant General's Branch of Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence (Army) filed a complaint with the CBI with regard to the recruitment scam. 

Lt Colonels, Major among 17 army personnel booked in SSB Scandal-VPN
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New Delhi, First Published Mar 15, 2021, 9:33 PM IST

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday registered a case against 17 Indian Army personnel, including officers at Lieutenant Colonel and Major level, in connection with the alleged bribery and irregularities in the recruitment of officers and other ranks through the Service Selection Board.

It also booked 6 civilian persons in the case. The development comes after the Additional Directorate General (Discipline & Vigilance) in Adjutant General's Branch of Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence (Army) filed a complaint with the CBI with regard to the recruitment scam. 

The probe agency also conducted searches at 30 different locations in the country. 

The searches were carried out at base hospitals, cantonments and other Army establishments besides civilian areas in Kapurthala, Bathinda, Delhi, Kaithal, Palwal, Lucknow, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Vishakhapatnam, Jaipur, Guwahati, Jorhat and Chirangon.

Sources in the agency said that during the search operation, it had recovered several incriminating documents that are being further scrutinized.

On March 13, the Indian Army had written a letter to CBI for investigating the case in detail after it detected malpractices in the officers' selection at its centre in Punjab during a military intelligence operation.

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