HAFLONG, May 23, 2010 – In protest against the inaction on the part of the district administration during the NC Hills Indigenous Students Forum-sponsored 60-hour Dima Hasao bandh, hundreds of members of the Dimasa Mothers’ Association gheraoed the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Friday.
They expressed concern over the way the bandh was handled by the civil and police administrations and demanded that the same mistake should not be repeated in future.
They submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao district Dilip Borthakur stating that the picketeers made a mockery of Sec 144, banning gathering of more than five persons, carrying lethal weapons etc.
The memorandum maintained that the bandhs in Dima Hasao district have always been peaceful. “But in the past month we have seen three bandhs and none were peaceful. Perhaps in his report to the Government he must have said that the bandh passed off peacefully without any untoward incident occurring but was that a fact?”, the demonstrators asked.
In the first bandh call, the SP was hit a stone from a catapult and stones were pelted at the police which led to firing.
The message he has passed by his in action was that the public should look for their own security because the civil and police administration would only react when they were hit and attacked. As long as the bandh supporters go on destroying public and government properties, burning buses and boats, uprooting rail tracks, it was all fine.
The bandh supporter for three days held the town of Haflong to ransom. It must be stressed here when there was no resistance to the bandh from any side or any community why did the police turn a blind eye when the bandh supporters vandalized the town. Some steps should have been taken, they argued.
The DC assured the delegates of DMA he would not allow any kind of such activities in future.
Source: Assam Tribune
Monday, May 24, 2010
CBI starts probe into 1000 cr Assam scam
Four members of a CBI team started inquiry from May 20. The team is staying at Haflong, headquarter of North Cachar Hills district, officials said.
The alleged of 1000 crore rupees scam in North Cachar Hill district involves reports of leakage of Central funds and the nexus between the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractors, sources said.
It is to be mentioned that, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recommendation for a CBI probe. The home ministry, through a letter (No. 11034/10/2009-IS-VI (Pt) dated February 23, 2010), asked the Assam government to order a probe by the CBI into the misappropriation of government fund in the district council.
The home ministry, with the approval of Union home minister P. ,had recommended CBI probe.
The NIA accused 14 people in the chargesheet, of whom 10 are now in jail in their investigation on the multi-crore scam.
Those who have been charge sheeted, mainly are DHD (J) chief Jewel Garlosa and commander-in-chief of the outfit Niranjan Hojai, chief of the NCHAC Mohit Hojai, arms dealer Vanlal Chana, Malsawmkimi and George Lawmthang and state social welfare department deputy director R H Khan.
Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram will visit Assam on Wednesday, who meet Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and top civil and security officials to review the internal security situation and the recent tension between Assam and Meghalaya over the boundary.
The alleged of 1000 crore rupees scam in North Cachar Hill district involves reports of leakage of Central funds and the nexus between the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractors, sources said.
It is to be mentioned that, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recommendation for a CBI probe. The home ministry, through a letter (No. 11034/10/2009-IS-VI (Pt) dated February 23, 2010), asked the Assam government to order a probe by the CBI into the misappropriation of government fund in the district council.
The home ministry, with the approval of Union home minister P. ,had recommended CBI probe.
The NIA accused 14 people in the chargesheet, of whom 10 are now in jail in their investigation on the multi-crore scam.
Those who have been charge sheeted, mainly are DHD (J) chief Jewel Garlosa and commander-in-chief of the outfit Niranjan Hojai, chief of the NCHAC Mohit Hojai, arms dealer Vanlal Chana, Malsawmkimi and George Lawmthang and state social welfare department deputy director R H Khan.
Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram will visit Assam on Wednesday, who meet Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and top civil and security officials to review the internal security situation and the recent tension between Assam and Meghalaya over the boundary.
AGP fires graft salvo at Cong
A STAFF REPORTER
Guwahati, May 22: The AGP today alleged that the massive function the Tarun Gogoi government plans to organise tomorrow to mark its fourth anniversary is being funded by the ministers’ “black money”.
The AGP president, Chandra Mohan Patowary, said the Assam government, by spending a huge amount of money “to blow its own trumpet”, had shown that it was least bothered about the problems plaguing the state.
He alleged that corruption had peaked in nine years of Congress rule in the state and the Rs 1,000-crore scam in Dima Hasao district, formerly known as North Cachar Hills, was only the tip of the iceberg.
“As directed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister had asked his ministerial colleagues and MLAs to furnish detailed lists of their property and other assets in February this year. Surprisingly, till today, the ministers have not been able to submit their asset lists,” Patowary said. He claimed that the ministers had accumulated assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Accusing the state government of only showcasing central government schemes, Patowary said: “There is nothing to cheer about as the government has miserably failed in providing employment to 22 lakh jobless youths, implementing the Assam Accord, solving the perennial problems of insurgency, floods and erosion, besides agriculture and industrial crisis.”
“Apart from the central schemes, the Gogoi government has hardly taken up any development scheme on its own,” Patowary said. He said schemes like the National Rural Health Mission, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Indira Awas Yojana were initiated by the Vajpayee government.
Guwahati, May 22: The AGP today alleged that the massive function the Tarun Gogoi government plans to organise tomorrow to mark its fourth anniversary is being funded by the ministers’ “black money”.
The AGP president, Chandra Mohan Patowary, said the Assam government, by spending a huge amount of money “to blow its own trumpet”, had shown that it was least bothered about the problems plaguing the state.
He alleged that corruption had peaked in nine years of Congress rule in the state and the Rs 1,000-crore scam in Dima Hasao district, formerly known as North Cachar Hills, was only the tip of the iceberg.
“As directed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister had asked his ministerial colleagues and MLAs to furnish detailed lists of their property and other assets in February this year. Surprisingly, till today, the ministers have not been able to submit their asset lists,” Patowary said. He claimed that the ministers had accumulated assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Accusing the state government of only showcasing central government schemes, Patowary said: “There is nothing to cheer about as the government has miserably failed in providing employment to 22 lakh jobless youths, implementing the Assam Accord, solving the perennial problems of insurgency, floods and erosion, besides agriculture and industrial crisis.”
“Apart from the central schemes, the Gogoi government has hardly taken up any development scheme on its own,” Patowary said. He said schemes like the National Rural Health Mission, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Indira Awas Yojana were initiated by the Vajpayee government.
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