Guwahati: Assam Police Superintendent Kumar Sanjit Krishna was arrested in connection with the leakage of test papers for recruitment of sub-inspectors in police department. CID has been arrested Kumar Sanjit Krishna on Thursday evening in connection with CID PS Case No. 21/2020.

According to an official statement of CID, he would be produced in court on Friday. After allegedly disappearance of two days, who is the brother of the state’s Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna, had showed up at the police head quarters in Guwahati on Thursday, He was earlier grilled by the CID. It had conducted a raid at his Guwahati residence on Wednesday but did not find him.

Earlier Krishna was the SP of Karimgunj when the scam was detected. He was transferred to Barpeta as SP Foreigner Regional Registration Office on 11^th Oct, 2020. He was allegedly leaked the question paper to a broker Rubul Hazarika who was arrested. He purportedly mentioned Krishna’s name in his confession to the CID.

So far, over 30 people have been arrested in connection with the scam. Those arrested include a former Deputy Inspector General of police PK Dutta, now-suspended ruling BJP youth leader Diban Deka and several brokers. Investigations revealed a nexus among them.