BJP storms Cachar zilla parishad, demands CBI probe
SILCHAR, August 21: Reiterating its demand for immediate arrest of Bahnnisikha Dutta, former chief executive officer of zilla parishad, for allegedly embezzling crores of funds allocated for the development of villages under different schemes and projects, hundreds of activists belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party district unit laid siege to the office of the Cachar zilla parishad here today.
A large number of BJP workers and leaders, along with villagers from different areas of the district led by its district president Kaushik Rai came in a procession and brought the office of the zilla parishad under their control.
Addressing the agitated workers, BJP district president Kaushik Rai said that so many days have passed, but the “kingpin of multi–crore scam” has not yet been arrested and has been living a lavish life. He came down heavily on the police administration for its “inaction” into the matter.
He said that all sorts of crime have been taking place in the district under the very glare of police administration. The police have not been working to ensure safety and security of the common people rather it has been “safeguarding the interest of the powerful culprits”, he alleged.
“In the wake of the leak of scam, we have made several representations to the higher authorities of the administration for arresting the kingpin and all other guilty. But, the police has completely failed to even arrest the kingpin,” he said.
Taking a dig at the district administration and police administration for maintaining an intriguing silence over the issue, the BJP president threatened that if the kingpin and other guilty were not arrested they would be bound to take law in their hands.
He at the same demanded an independent probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the scam of Cachar zilla parishad which according to him, if conducted, will unearth many unknown facts. He suspected the involvement of many ‘big guns’ along with some former members of zilla parishad into the scam.
Training his gun at the former chairman of Cachar zilla parishad, Dibbojyoti Barua, the BJP president asked that why he was not interrogated by the police in this connection. He opined that chairman and the members of the standing committee are also a part of the parishad who have a say on the distribution and allocation of any funds.
He said it is time that the administration should wake up to its responsibility and obligation to public to go deeper into the whole murky business and the modus–operandi of the culprits. The BJP president was of the opinion that all the culprits involved in the scam should be punished irrespective of their political parties in which they belong.
Source: The Sentinel 22.08.2013
