New Delhi

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 33 locations across the country on Tuesday in connection with irregularities in the exams for Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspectors (JKPSI).

The raids were in Jammu, Srinagar, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Bengaluru.

CBI also searched the residence of Khalid Jehangir, former Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB); Ashok Kumar Mann, controller and an examiner; as well as some officials of the J&K Police and CRPF.

Earlier, after conducting raids on August 5, the CBI had recovered incriminating documents, devices, answer sheets, applications forms and OMR files which were very crucial to the case.

The SI exam paper was allegedly leaked by the accused.

The exams were conducted in March.

The CBI after getting a complaint in this respect filed a case against 33 accused.

Recently, the Lieutenant Governor's administration had cancelled the SI recruitment examination conducted for 1,200 posts of Jammu and Kashmir Police.

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After this, the investigation of rigging was handed over to the CBI.