Six officials suspended for graft

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Aug 31

State government has suspended six officials and held up retirement benefits of an official belonging to different Government departments in connection with bribery cases.

The suspended officials have been identified as L. Menjor Singh circle mandol of SDC office Moirang, Th. Shanta Singh SO, MTDC and Md. Rahimuddin Khan, the then AE MTDC Tuisem Vangai TD Block Churachandpur, S. Gojendro LDC, DC office porompat, S. Ngambi LDC, DC office, Thoubal, and Kh. Kesho Singh VLW and Joy Singh peon of Imphal West-I CB Block.

Addressing media persons in this regards S. Hemanta, OSD ACC, revealed that six of the officials except for Md. Rahimuddin Khan, the then AE MTDC, were suspended after complaints were lodged with ACC against them with video evidences of taking bribe by some citizens.

The suspended officials were found taking money while issuing documents like income, tribe certificates etc. for academic purposes particularly from students, he said.

With regards to Rahimuddin, he said his pension benefit was withheld as a penalty for submitting fake photographs and documents claiming that the construction work of PHC at Tuisem Vangai TD Block Churachandpur was completed which later was found incomplete.

Hemanta revealed that the officials were suspended after a meeting of the Screening Committee convened on August 21 at the office chamber of the chief secretary of Manipur.

The chief secretary is the chairman of the screening committee while three additional chief secretaries are members.