New Delhi, October 29 (Agencies): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established that four Nagaland government officers had made the banned NSCN (K) richer by over Rs 20 crore in just four years by sharing with the outfit funds from the state exchequer, the Times of India reported on October 29.
“The federal anti-terror probe agency has recovered payment slips and registers to this effect,” which, the report claimed, establishes the link between the arrested offiers and NSCN (K) in its ‘illegal tax collection’ racket. The four officers were arrested on October 13.
The report quoting a source further stated that “These officers maintained slips and registers in which exact amount and name of the person to whom money was to be given are mentioned. The handwriting experts of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) Gandhinagar have confirmed that these four officers maintained these slips/registers.” As per the said officer, an assessment of payment slips and other documents suggests that arrested officers have handed over somewhere between Rs 20 to Rs 25 crore to NSCN (K) and other factions since 2012.
Sources say that while S Khetoshe Sumi, finance in charge of NSCN (K) who was arrested last year, was extorting money from state government officials, instructions were coming from Isak Sumi, “a Myanmar-based key member of the outfit,” the report maintained.
According to TOI, in a chargesheet filed earlier this year against Isak Sumi, Khetoshe Sumi and another finance collection agent, Victo Swu, NIA claimed that they raised funds through illegal tax collection and extorted money from government offices to support the banned organization in its activities.
