Guwahati, May 23 (IANS): A special NIA court here on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment 3 convicts of the Dima Hasao terror funding case and awarded 8 to 12 years’ imprisonment to 11 others. Those 3 sentenced to life are Niranjan Hojai, Commander-in-Chief of Dima Halam Daogah (J), the outfit’s Chairman Jewel Garlosa, and the then Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, Mohet Hojai. The 3 have also been fined Rs 25,000 each. The 2 cases were registered in 2009 on allegation of money being siphoned off from development funds allotted to the NC Hills Council, in connivance with contractors and government servants and being sent to the DHD(J) for procurement of arms and ammunition.
