Guwahati, Feb. 17 -- A report by the Justice (retd) BK Sharma inquiry committee has revealed that the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) was riddled with corruption during the 2013 and 2014 civil service exams, effectively becoming a "private guild" where jobs were sold.

The committee's investigation into these exams, part of the larger 'cash-for-job' scam uncovered in 2016, concluded that the level of malpractice was shocking and beyond comprehension.

The reports, tabled in the Assembly by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, detail how the APSC's integrity as a constitutional body was compromised.

While the report into the 2013 exam was submitted to the government by the panel on March 21, 2022, the second one into the 2...