Wednesday, 14 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Teams of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at several properties owned by three main accused in the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) graduate level recruitment examination paper leak case on Tuesday. The raids were reportedly conducted on the properties of three main accused- Hakam Singh, Chandan Manral and Kendrapal in Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Ramnagar and Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh.
The ED conducted a raid on the properties owned by the alleged mastermind of the UKSSSC scam Hakam Singh in Uttarkashi and Dehradun’s Raipur area. The authorities have reportedly seized several important documents found during the raid on his properties in both districts. Besides this, a team each also conducted raids on the properties of accused Chandan Manral in Ramnagar and Kendra Pal in Bijnor on Tuesday. According to the officials, the three accused have accumulated properties worth crores of rupees by allegedly carrying out illegal works. Last year, the authorities in Dehradun recovered the details of Hakam Singh, who is presently at Suddhowala jail in Dehradun.
According to the officials, he reportedly owns a three-storey house built on over 1,000 square metres of land in Dehradun. According to them, he also owns 5,000 square metres of land and another piece of land of over 3,000 square metres near Uttarkashi’s Kotgaon. He also owns two pieces of land of 1,250 square metres and 2,850 square metres in Bhitri village of Uttarkashi respectively, as per the officials.
The accused Chandan Manral is a 63-year-old operator of a Ramnagar-based NGO who allegedly sold the leaked question paper to candidates a day before the examination. He had also allegedly helped them to memorise the answers to question papers at a home in Dhampur. Lekhpal and Manral were allegedly involved with Hakam in leaking question papers and earned crores of rupees. The authorities also suspected that the money earned from the scam was being transferred through the Hawala system.
