Home Guard battalion commander’s post must be removed: Inaobi

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Aug 25

General secretary of Manipur Home Guard welfare association, Th. Inaobi demanded the removal of battalion commander’s post as there is no such post for Home Guard.

Speaking to media persons during a press conference held today at the Home Guard head office located at Lamphel, Inaobi said number of Home Guard personnel is 2143 and out of this 1000 Home Guard personnel are enjoying their salary without performing any duties.

She said the 1000 Home Guard personnel paid half of their salary to the battalion commander and skip their duties. She claimed that there is no such post of battalion commander in Home Guard. She also implied that the post might have been created to facilitate corruption and bribery.

Though an anti-corruption cell was created recently by the state in order to remove corruption, the cell has not been able to take any action against such act of corruption by the battalion commander, she said.

She said the Supreme Court has already given an order for the increase in allowances of Home Guard personnel but the state has taken up any initiatives. “We want only the sanctioned allowances and we do not demand anything extra,” Inaobi said.

The five battalion commanders are Md. Zanab Ali of battalion one, Lamphel, Md. Nizamudin of battalion two, I/W, Md. Tolen (incharge ) of battalion three, I/E, Md. Abdul Hei of battalion four, Thoubal and Md. Rashimudin of battalion five, Bishenpur.

Among them Rashimudin is misguiding some Home Guard personnel in order to remain as the battalion commander. Every month the battalion commanders are collecting around Rs. 20 lakhs from the 1000 personnel so that the personnel can escape performing their duties, she claimed.

“Anti-corruption cell should take necessary against the five battalion commanders at the earliest,” Inaobi asserted.