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[ Bengia Ajum ]<\/strong><\/p>\n ITANAGAR, 24 Jan:<\/strong> In a major development, former East Kameng district land revenue and settlement officer (DLRSO) Takam Kechak has been rearrested in connection with the Lada-Sarli Frontier Highway land compensation scam.<\/p>\n He was arrested on Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from Itanagar. At the time of his arrest, he was out on bail.<\/p>\n Kechak had first been arrested on 17 December last year in connection with the land compensation scam. However, he was granted bail by a special judge in Yupia on 7 January. He was released on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh and was required to deposit his passport.<\/p>\n Activists and those affected by the land compensation scam had raised objections to his bail.<\/p>\n As per reports, the ACB rearrested him based on cases lodged against him for alleged corruption in Packages 1, 2, and 3.<\/p>\n In a statement to the media, the ACB, while announcing Kechak’s rearrest, assured of strict action against all those involved in the scam.<\/p>\n “The bank accounts in various banks, suspected to contain proceeds of the scam, are being scrutinised,” the ACB added.<\/p>\n Former East Kameng deputy commissioner Himanshu Gupta, along with DLRSO Kechak, Divisional Forest Officer Abhinav Kumar, District Agriculture Officer M Perme, and District Horticulture Officer CK Tayum, has been suspended for their alleged involvement.<\/p>\n The ACB has also arrested three private individuals – Rajo Gyadi, Khya Byagang, and Yayo Yangfo – in connection with the Lada-Sarli compensation scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 24 Jan: In a major development, former East Kameng district land revenue and settlement officer (DLRSO) Takam Kechak has been rearrested in connection with the Lada-Sarli Frontier Highway land compensation scam. He was arrested on Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from Itanagar. At the time of his arrest, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bengia-ajum","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277029,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277004\/revisions\/277029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}