Guwahati, Nov. 18: Dibrugarh police seized Rs 9.5 lakh in cash from Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) cash-for-jobs scam accused Samedur Rahman's Hatigaon residence here while prime accused and APSC chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul was today sent to judicial custody till December 3.

The police suspect that the money, seized from Rahman's house last night, was proceeds of corruption. The police have also seized a Mahindra Scorpio, which was registered in the name of Rahman's son.

Sleuths of vigilance and anti-corruption department is probing into the allegations of Rahman amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. He had allegedly invested a large sum of money in life insurance.

Paul was produced before the court of special judge, Assam, A. Bhattacharyya, today following the expiry of his 14-day-police remand today and the court forwarded him to judicial custody for two weeks.

Special public prosecutor Bijon Kumar Mahajan today said there was no scope for further extension of Paul's police remand since he had already spent maximum 14 days in police custody after arrest.

The police produced the total sum of money, recovered from Rahman's residence, before the court, which asked them to deposit it in Dispur treasury. Rahman was arrested from his house at Rangiya in Kamrup district on November 9 for his alleged role in the scam.

Paul today told the court that he is suffering from chest pain, diabetes and high blood sugar but the medical report, submitted by the prosecution, said he is not suffering from any serious ailment.

The court directed hat Paul, who was arrested on November 4, should be provided proper medical treatment in jail.

Paul's counsel, Angshuman Bora today, however, did not press for hearing of his bail application, which was kept pending when he was produced in the court after his arrest.

Bora alleged that a big conspiracy had been hatched against his client by framing him in this case in a bid to deflect public attention from the controversy over granting Indian citizenship to Hindu migrants from Bangladesh.

He argued that there was nothing unusual in the recovery of answer scripts from Paul's house since he was occupying the top post in the APSC and it shouldn't be considered an offence. Bora likened it to teachers of schools and colleges taking answer scripts home. "Recovery of answer scripts from the house of a principal can't be considered a crime and not sustainable in law," he said.#

Dibrugarh additional SP (security) Surjeet Singh Panesar, the investigating officer of the APSC recruitment scam, today submitted a list of articles seized during the search conducted yesterday at Paul's office chamber before the special court, Assam.

The list mentioned a diary of the government of Assam and a piece of paper with four names written on it. A source said one of the names is of a certain "Bharat Nara" while the other three names were suspected to be that of candidates who had appeared in recruitment exams conducted by the APSC.