Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 2: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Superintendent of Police and an inspector have been named in an FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly participating in corrupt and illegal activities while assigned to the NIA office in Imphal, Manipur.
After threatening to implicate three local residents in a fabricated case, they were arrested for allegedly extorting Rs 60 lakh from them in Imphal, Manipur.
According to the FIR in the case, Vishal Garg, the former SP of the NIA Branch Office in Imphal, and Rajib Khan Inspector, NIA, Imphal, were extorting large sums of money through cut-outs from citizens of Manipur by threatening them for falsely accusing them in NIA cases.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) clauses 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 388 (extortion), as well as a number of clauses of the Prevention of Corruption Act, have been cited by the CBI in the FIR against Garg and Inspector Md Rajib Khan.
The CBI registered the case after receiving a complaint from Sudhanshu Shekhar Shukla, Deputy Superintendent, Administration, NIA Headquarters in the nation’s capital, a copy of which is now included in the FIR.
“After receiving the said information, an internal enquiry was conducted in respect of allegations levelled against Vishal Garg and Md Rajib Khan,” Shukla said in his complaint.
“The enquiry has revealed that NIA had registered a case in March 2022 with the allegation that the active cadres of terrorist organizations including Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), United Liberation Front (UNLF) and People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), all prescribed under UAPA, are raising funds in Manipur, in furtherance of their terror activities. The said case was assigned to Tushar Bishat, Inspector, NIA, Imphal for investigation,” he added.
The investigation also found that Vishal Garg, SP, NIA, Imphal Branch, was the First Supervisory Officer in the case and the Branch Head.
Md. Rajib Khan was cooperating in the investigation of the aforementioned case as per Vishal Garg’s instructions.
“The enquiry has revealed that through this modus operandi, Khan collected Rs 10 lakh cash from one Inaocha Takhellambam alias Naoba, Rs 20 lakh cash from one N Momon Singh, Rs 30 lakh cash from one Laishram Hemanta Singh, all residents of Imphal between May and August 2022 at the instance of Garg,” he further alleged.
Shukla claimed there is a chance of threatening other persons or witnesses and demanding enormous sums of money from them.
“This aspect too needs to be investigated and it is requested that needful action be taken against them,” he also said.
