Silchar, Sept. 11 -- An Assam government official allegedly hired mimicry artists to impersonate chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and senior bureaucrats to dupe over 100 businessmen in a jobs-and-contracts racket, police said Thursday.
Debeswar Bora, a 1999-batch Assam Civil Service officer and Dhemaji DDC, was arrested on September 7.
Police recovered nine phones, 18 SIM cards and incriminating documents during raids.
Police said, Bora allegedly demanded money by promising government contracts.
The probe found funds transferred to private accounts in Arunachal Pradesh. Bora is charged under relevant sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act. Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
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