DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 19 (MExN): The Coordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) has slammed the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team probing the fuel adulteration racket, which was exposed by the ACAUT on June 27. The CCoFA media cell in a press release termed the chargesheet, filed at the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur on October 25, as “the disappointment of the year.”
As per the chargesheet, the CCoFA said that the SIT has absolved the Food & Civil Supplies (F&CS) Department of any wrongdoing. Stating “the SIT personnel seemed more worried about their personal positions than maintenance of professional integrity,” the release said, “It is unbelievable that the SIT with its competent officers could conduct the investigations and prepare the charge-sheet in such a shameful manner.” While it did not disclose the contents of the chargesheet, the CCoFA queried as to “whether the Charge-sheet was guided by racial bias.”
The release further cried foul over what the CCoFA termed as the Chief Minister failing to live up to the October 18 assurance. As assured by the CM, the release said that the CCoFA sought an appointment with the CM after studying the chargesheet. “However, even after 6 days, there has been no positive response from the CM,” it said, while adding that the CM had on October 18 assured to set up an independent inquiry if the CCoFA found the chargesheet to be unsatisfactory.
“… CCoFA was asked to meet him after studying the report. This assurance was given in written by the Chief Secretary. Since the CM seems to be unwilling to keep his word, the CCoFA will chart its own course of action,” the release said.
