Wednesday, July 16, 2025
spot_img

Police complaint against former NRC coordinator Hajela

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

GUWAHATI:  A police complaint has been filed against former Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, Prateek Hajela, for allegedly tampering with records related to the citizenship exercise, sources said on Friday.

The complaint against Hajela was lodged by an NGO, Assam Public Works, the original petitioner to the Supreme Court about the NRC updation.

APW president Aabhijeet Sharma told the media that they had earlier lodged two complaints against Hajela.

The third complaint was filed last week with the state Criminal Investigation department by the NGO.

The allegations mentioned include tampering the final list of the updated NRC in the north eastern state that was published on August 31 last year, forging documents, and committing cyber crime for “altering/changing the public records by “misusing” his powers.

Meanwhile, the Executive Director of NRC has also lodged a complaint against a former woman employee for failing to share passwords of several email ids before leaving office.

A senior police officer said the case has been registered and a probe was on.

According to NRC state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma, the employee left office on November 11 without handing in the password for three months.

“In the interim, we suspect emails could have been deleted or tampered with,” he said.
IANS

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Jokes on disabled violate right to dignity, says SC ahead of laying guidelines to rein in stand-ups

New Delhi, July 15:  Insensitive jokes mocking disabled people violate their right to dignity, the Supreme Court said...

An archeological heritage, Satyajit Ray’s family home set for demolition in Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 15:  In yet another shocking development showcasing the growing social intolerance in Bangladesh, the ancestral home...

On bail: How Rahul Gandhi’s political punchlines keep landing him in courtrooms

New Delhi, July 15: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has spent much of...

Shubhanshu Shukla: India’s new star

New Delhi, July 15: About 41 years after Rakesh Sharma's flight in 1984, India sent an astronaut into...