Jammu, July 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has directed 552 candidates selected in the 2020 Fire and Emergency Services (FES) recruitment to undergo fresh height measurement as part of its investigation into alleged irregularities in the selection process.
According to an official communication, the exercise will be conducted on August 3 at 10 a.m. in connection with FIR No. 01/2025 registered at Police Station ACB Central, Jammu.
The ACB has asked the Director General, Fire and Emergency Services, to ensure that candidates selected under Order No. 823 of 2020 dated October 4, 2020, report to their designated venues for the verification exercise.
Candidates have been divided among seven district venues. A total of 130 candidates from Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal will report at DPL Srinagar, while 124 from Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara will report at DPL Baramulla. Another 93 candidates from Anantnag, Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam have been directed to report at DPL Anantnag.
In the Jammu region, 82 candidates from Jammu, Kathua and Samba will report at DPL Jammu, 56 from Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban at DPL Doda, 38 from Rajouri and Poonch at DPL Rajouri, and 29 from Udhampur and Reasi at DPL Udhampur.
The ACB has also requested all district Senior Superintendents of Police to inform the concerned candidates through their respective Police Control Rooms and ensure their presence at the designated venues. Assistant Directors of the Fire and Emergency Services Department have also been directed to facilitate the attendance of candidates from their jurisdictions.
The verification forms part of the Bureau's ongoing probe into the 2020 FES recruitment, in which 690 candidates—including 592 Firemen and 98 Fireman Drivers—were selected. The ACB is investigating alleged irregularities in the recruitment process.
