{"id":15066,"date":"2020-02-24T20:08:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-440531-1379741.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15066"},"modified":"2020-02-24T20:08:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:38:47","slug":"chairman-of-abocwwb-arrested-by-the-chief-ministers-special-vigilance-cell-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=15066","title":{"rendered":"Chairman of ABOCWWB arrested by the Chief Minister\u2019s Special Vigilance Cell, Assam."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14719\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress-440531-1379741.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0-1-e1574345654996-3.jpg?resize=23%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"23\" height=\"33\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"> <strong>ASSAM TIMES POST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Guwahati :<\/strong> Today at about 3 PM, Gautam Baruah, prime absconding accused in Vigilance P.S. Case No. 09\/2017 has been arrested today from a rented accommodation in New Delhi. Baruah, who held the position as the officiating Chairman of Assam Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Guwahati(ABOCWWB), from 2011 to 2017, was absconding and evading arrest in connection with the said case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u200bThe case was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Tapan Sarma, IAS, the then Labour Commissioner Cum Member Secretary of Assam Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Guwahati(ABOCWWB), about the forgery and large scale misappropriation of board funds, by his predecessor Member Secretary and Chairman. On the basis of an enquiry conducted in CMs Special Vigilance Cell in 2017, a case was registered vide Vigilance PS case no. 09\/2017 u\/s 120(B)\/406\/409\/468\/471\/420 IPC R\/W Sec 13(2) of P.C Act of 1988 under the Chief Minister\u2019s Special Vigilance Cell, Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u200bDuring investigation. it has been established that there was a criminal conspiracy by Chohan Doley, IAS, the then Member Secretary of ABOCWWB, Gautam Baruah, the then Chairman ABOCWWB, Nagendra Nath Choudhury, the then Administrative officer, ABOCWWB and Priyangshu Boiragi, Proprietor of M\/S. Purbashree Printing House. The criminal conspiracy resulted in misappropriation of the funds of more than 121 Crores, from the fund accumulated through the collection of cess of the ABOCWWB in the Bank account. Accordingly, the accused Chohan Doley,IAS, Nagendra Nath Choudhury, and Priyangshu Boiragi, were arrested in the year 2017 and a chargesheet was filed for their involvement in the crime in the year 2018. However, the Chairman of the ABOCWWB, Gautam Baruwa had absconded and evaded arrest, since the registration of the case in the year 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u200bDespite repeated notices to appear before investigation, Gautom Baruah evaded the Investigating Agency and absconded alongwith his wife, from usual place of stay in Guwahati, since 2017. A non-bailable warrant of arrest had also been issued last year against him, by the Special Court at Guwahati. Process of attachment of his properties had also been initiated to compel his appearance before investigation. A cash reward of Rs. 1,00,000\/- (one lakh) had also been announced by the CM\u2019s Special Vigilance Cell, for any information leading to his arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u200bThe CMs SVC investigation team had been in close liaison with Delhi police for over one year, in tracking the absconder, after getting inputs regarding his whereabouts in New Delhi, last year. On getting close, a team of officers had been camping in New Delhi for last 5 days, when the location was tracked to the North East Guest house, in Krishna Nagar area of Safdarjung enclave in New Delhi. Accordingly, the surveillance teams were launched with assistance of Delhi Police Crime Branch and the accused was identified and detained and brought to local police station of Crime Branch PS at Daryaganj, where he was arrested by the Investigating officer of the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u200bThe arrested accused shall be produced before the local court in New Delhi tomorrow, for seeking transit remand, for bringing him before the Special Court at Guwahati.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASSAM TIMES POST Guwahati : Today at about 3 PM, Gautam Baruah, prime absconding accused in Vigilance P.S. Case No. 09\/2017 has been arrested today from a rented accommodation in New Delhi. Baruah, who held the position as the officiating Chairman of Assam Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Guwahati(ABOCWWB), from 2011 to 2017, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,200],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-15066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-assam","tag-featured2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157369,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=157369","url_meta":{"origin":15066,"position":0},"title":"Cachar Police (Assam) Seize 34,400 Foreign Cigarette Packs, Arrest Two","author":"News Desk","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Cachar Police seized 34,400 packs of foreign-made cigarettes and arrested two alleged smugglers during an operation near the Balachara toll gate on the Silchar\u2013Haflong National Highway. 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