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Cash for job scam: Defence Ministry transfers NDA commandant | Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered the
immediate transfer of Lt. Gen Jitendra Singh, Commandant of the National Defence
Academy, Pune, after senior officers of NDA were arrested by the CBI for their
involvement in a cash-for-jobs scam. The CBI recently arrested the physical training
officer and presiding officer of the board of NDA for recruitments, Col. AK
Singh. "The Defence Minster has ordered immediate shifting of Lt. Gen Jitendra
Singh, Commandant, National Defence Academy (NDA), from the Academy. This is with a view to ensuring a free and fair investigation in the alleged bribery racket
in the recruitment of Group 'C' posts in the NDA, Khadakwasla, Pune," said a Defence
Ministry release on Wednesday. The premier investigating agency earlier arrested
six accused in the Rs.1.76 crore recruitment scam in the NDA last month, and raided
17 locations in Mumbai, Sonepat and Gurgaon in Haryana and 14 in Pune, including
the NDA. The CBI special court on Tuesday remanded Colonel Singh to custody till
Saturday. Singh, a key accused in the cash-for-jobs scam at NDA, was arrested
on Monday after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected. CBI special public prosecutor
Vivek Saxena told the court that Singh allegedly took typing tests of three to
four candidates in his office instead of the computer lab.
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