Seventy-three people, including two father-son duos and more than five dozen 'qualified' candidates, who were arrested in the Himachal Pradesh Police Recruitments Paper leak scam, were found out to have transacted money to the bank accounts of agents belonging to Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Uttarakhand.
The scam, currently being investigated by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), seems to have put the ruling BJP government in huge embarrassment ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled in November 2022. The party members and leaders believe that the scam will severely dent the party’s image in the state and outside as the police in Himachal Pradesh have always been rated one of the best.