Owner of UP printing press held in Himachal constable recruitment paper leak case

A resident of Vaishali in UP’s Ghaziabad, Sailendra Vikram Singh, was arrested on Wednesday by a special investigation team (SIT) of the state police, a press note issued on Thursday said.

Himachal Pradesh Police has arrested the owner of a printing press located in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a constable recruitment paper leak case in the state.

The SIT seized 12 mobile phones, one pen drive, 10 hard disc, three memory cards of CCTV cameras and other documents during the search of the printed press, it added. (HT File)

A resident of Vaishali in UP’s Ghaziabad, Sailendra Vikram Singh, was arrested on Wednesday by a special investigation team (SIT) of the state police, a press note issued on Thursday said. Sailendra Vikram Singh is the owner of Immense Solutions Private Limited at the Sahibabad industrial area in Gaziabad from where the paper for recruitment of police constables was published in March.

The paper held on March 27 was cancelled by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on May 6.

The accused was produced on Thursday in the court of the Shimla chief judicial magistrate, which remanded him into 14-day judicial custody.

The SIT seized 12 mobile phones, one pen drive, 10 hard disc, three memory cards of CCTV cameras and other documents during the search of the printed press, it added.

The mobile phones and other electronic material have been sent to a state forensic science laboratory at Junga for analysis, the press note said.

The call detailed record (CDR) of the seized mobile phones is also being analysed, it added.

Besides, the bank accounts of the printing press owner are also being examined. Earlier on May 31, the SIT had arrested an employee of the printing press, Sudhir Yadav.