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Lakhimpur, Dec 16: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Samsul Hussain alias Raja, has been detained in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on allegations of demanding money for providing government jobs.
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As the state executive of the Assam BJP Minority Morcha, Hussain is alleged to have planned to extort substantial sums for Assam Government’s Grade III and IV jobs.
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An audio clip of his conversation with a job aspirant, where he demanded Rs 5 lakh for a Grade II post and Rs 3 lakh for a Grade IV post, reportedly went viral.
Following the clip’s circulation, Lakhimpur BJP MLA Manab Deka called for an immediate police inquiry, leading to Hussain’s detention by the Lakhimpur Police.
