By NE NOW NEWS
Guwahati: Three officials of the Assam Fishery Development Corporation (AFDC) Ltd, including former Officer on Special Duty-cum-Project Director Padma Kanta Hazarika, were re-arrested on Wednesday in connection with an ongoing corruption investigation by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam.
The two other accused arrested are Birinchi Adikari and Jyotish Saikia, both associated with AFDC Ltd.
According to the Directorate, the arrests were made in connection with Dispur Police Station Case No. 298/2022, registered under Sections 120B, 420, 406 and 409 of the Indian Penal Code. The case pertains to alleged irregularities being investigated by the agency.
Hazarika had earlier been arrested on May 30 in a separate case registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Eight other AFDC officials were also arrested in that case on May 26.
The Directorate said investigations are continuing in both cases.
The three accused were produced before a court on Wednesday, which remanded them to two days of police custody.