Noida: Four officials of the Uttar Pradesh Home Guard unit have been arrested in the salary scam case of the security force, including Divisional Commandant Ram Narayan Chaurasia, SSP Gatam Buddh Nagar confirmed.
Chaurasia was earlier the District Commandant of district unit, besides Assistant Company Commander Satish, Platoon Commanders Montu, Satveer and Shailender have also been arrested in the case.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken a serious view of the fire in the home guard office in Gautam Buddha Nagar and has directed a probe into the incident.
The chief minister had asked the district magistrate and SSP of Gautam Buddha Nagar to ensure the arrest of the accused persons by Tuesday evening.
The fire, which occured in the early hours of Tuesday, destroyed salary muster rolls of personnel dating back to 2014.
