Police detain two NRC staffers red-handed while accepting bribe for name inclusion in NRC
Guwahati, Jun 13 (IBNS): While the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating process is going on in Assam to detect the illegal foreigners residing illegally in the state, some allegations have been raised that some employees of NRC have made unlawful activities in favour of illegal foreigners.
Some organisations, individuals of the state alleged that some NRC employees, staffers have taken money from the suspected foreigners for including their names in the NRC list.
These allegations come to true after the sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption branch of Assam police on Thursday caught two staffers red-handed in Guwahati while accepting a bribe amount of Rs 10,000.
A top official of Assam police said on Thursday morning at around 11 am the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption team caught two NRC staffers of NRC Sewa Kendra of Dispur 8 at Ganesgguri area red-handed while the accused was accepting a bribe amount of Rs 10,000.
“48-year-old Syed Shahjahan, Field Level Officer (FLO) of NRC Sewa Kendra of Dispur 8 at Ganeshguri Guwahati has been caught red-handed by the Assam ACB Team led by a DySP, while the accused was accepting a bribe amount of Rs 10,000 from complainant Kajari Ghosh Dutta of Ananda Nagar under Dispur police station, Guwahati. The bribe money has been seized from the possession of the accused,” the top police official said.
The top police official further said that another FIR was lodged against 27-year-old Rahul Parasar, Asstt Local Registrar of Citizen Registration (LRCR) of same NRC Sewa Kendra, who was also arrested for his involvement in the crime.
Connected documents have also been seized by the ACB team from the office of the NRC Sewa Kendra.
The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 for entering the name of the complainant in the draft NRC.
“The accused had highlighted some technical defects in her application and demanded the bribe to correct the technical defects and enter her name thereafter into the final draft of NRC. Today the complainant was to pay the bribe amount,” the police official said.
Thus the complainant had approached the ACB police station in the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti Corruption, Assam and a trap was laid down as per standard procedure in matter of ACB PS Case No. 09/2019 u/s 7(a) of PC Act 1988 (as amended in 2018).
The accused Public Servants have been arrested and will be forwarded to the Special Court on Friday morning.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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