Chargesheet against 55 govt officials in special court

A special court in Guwahati received chargesheets against 55 government officials, filed by three investigation agencies - the Chief Minster's Special Vigilance Cell, Vigilance Cell (Anti-corruption) and the CID - in 17 cases on Friday.

On March 7, the special court ordered the superintendents of the three agencies to file chargesheets against 255 government officials, including six IAS officers accused in 21 corruption cases, within 10 days of time.

The 255 bureaucrats did not face trial earlier as the state government has not sanctioned their prosecution for many years.

On Friday, the Chief Minster's Special Vigilance Cell furnished chargesheets in five cases against 14 officials including Joyanta Madhab Baruah, the then housing officer of Assam State Housing Board, Jorhat.