NC Hills Congress leader ‘funding’ militants
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A senior Assam Congress leader and an IAS officer have reportedly colluded with militants in the massive Rs 1000 crore scam in North Cachar Hills, reports CNN-IBN yesterday.
Money was siphoned off from Central funds allotted to North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council with the National Investigative Agency saying the scam could be funding terror.
Central Bureau of Investigation has unearthed huge amount of money while zeroing in on the North Cachar Hills scam. But CNN-IBN has clinching evidence that at least one Congress leader from Assam and an IAS officer were involved in the alleged siphoning of money from the Rs 1,000 crore Central development funds over the past five years.
The North Cachar Hills Council members were channelling the money to terror groups such as the Dima Halan Daogah and its leader Jewel Garlosa.
The Congressman suspected to be involved in the scam is the all powerful chief executive member of North Cachar Hills – Depolal Hojai. Hojai defected to theCongress in December 2008 ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
A letter written by Hojai clearly shows how the Congress leader ordered the release of at least Rs 8 crore to contractors for road construction, ignoring all tendering norms. His party chief andAssam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi defends him, saying there is no evidence to link his party or him to the scam.
“The allegation is there. Let them prove it. NIA has never said it. If charges are proved, I will not only quit chief ministership, I will quit politics,” says Gogoi.
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