Demands additional FIRs against CMO Zbt and 4 employees
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 5 (MExN): The Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has written to the Nagaland State Chief Secretary to look into the alleged harassment meted out to one of its core members, who was the complainant in the FIR filed against the CMO Zunheboto and 4 other employees regarding 24% salary deduction of employees.
The ACAUT, in its letter, called for an additional FIR to be registered against the CMO of Zunheboto and 4 other employees including the Accountant in the “form of termination from service.”
It alleged that after the FIR was filed “a particular factional group started harassing the complainant, an ACAUT member, for withdrawal of the FIR at the apparent instigation of the 5 employees.”
“It is a very serious matter as to how this particular faction should start harassing the complainant when the ACAUT made no mention of any particular faction having served tax notice to the CMO establishment unless of course those mentioned employees had a hand in it,” the ACAUT said.
It stated that criminal threat and intimidation at the behest of armed factions should attract the strictest penalty under relevant sections of IPC and CrPC. It further reminded that any form of taxation including salary deduction is illegal (Indian Penal Code-Chapter XII) and as per the Home Department notification dated 23rd April, 2004, No. CON/CF/97/99 as well as the PHQ circular dated NO.PHQ/IGP/CB/285, 12TH June, 2015.
The ACAUT urged the State Government to take action as per the subject matter based on government notifications, “failing which the government would be held responsible for any unfortunate turn of events.”
