Morung Express News
Dimapur | July 12
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered investments amounting to Rs 19 crore allegedly made by a cashier of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Nagaland, whose total earnings from salary over the last six years stood at just Rs 40 lakh, according to an FIR registered by the agency.
Quoting officials, a PTI report stated that the CBI has booked Bitoka Shohe, assistant grade-I (accounts) and cashier at FCI’s Dimapur divisional office on July 11, for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets totalling Rs 18.99 crore between April 2019 and June 2025—an amount 1,797.73% above his known sources of income. Shohe has been placed under suspension.
As per the FIR, Shohe earned Rs 39.91 lakh in salary during the six-year period, while his wife, whom he married in 2019, had a total income of Rs 26.8 lakh in the same duration.
The FIR further stated that Shohe had availed housing loans worth Rs 64.9 lakh from the State Bank of India, of which Rs 21.79 lakh has already been repaid. He also allegedly spent approximately Rs 23.5 lakh on construction materials for his residence and bought an insurance policy with a premium of around Rs 93,000.
“But the construction/electrical cost, including interiors of that building, have not been taken into consideration, as its valuation is yet to be done by CPWD,” the FIR noted.
“Thus, based on the prima facie evidence collected during search and afterwards, it is pertinent to say that accused Bitoka Shohe, the then AG-I (Accounts), Cashier of FCI, Divisional Dimapur (presently, under suspension), has intentionally enriched himself illicitly during the period April 1, 2019 to June 14, 2025,” the FIR stated.
During the course of examining Shohe’s assets, the CBI found stock market investments exceeding Rs 19 crore made through an online brokerage platform between April 1, 2019 and May 14, 2025.
After assessing his income and expenditure details, the agency concluded that Shohe had acquired assets far beyond his lawful earnings, leading to charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act, it added.
