The Assam Police on Sunday summoned Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader RP Sharma’s daughter, Pallabi Sharma and 18 others in a multi-crore cash-for-jobs scam.
Sharma has been accused of accepting huge bribes for selecting candidates for plum government jobs, reported NDTV.
A senior police officer investigating the case said, “Police officer Pallabi Sharma is the daughter of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha MP from Tezpur, R.P. Sharma.”
The police have asked all the 19 accused to submit handwriting samples on July 18 at Special Branch Headquarters in Kahilipara area in Guwahati.
The police also asserted that sufficient evidence has been collected against the 19 officials.
More than 30 senior-level government officials have already been arrested in the scam.