MLA’s link with car lifter, probe ordered

Guwahati: A ruling Congress legislator in Assam by the name of  Rumi Nath has found herself on the dock after she has been found to recommend issuance of car passes for the vehicles as well as for  a notorious and most wanted car lifter Anil Chouhan who has been arrested by Guwahati city police two days back.
The alleged nexus came to the fore after police seized two cars from the residence of the car lifter in the city.
The Assam State Assembly car passes pasted on the windshields of the two cars were issued by the assembly Secretariat that stated to be ‘on recommendation’ by the MLA Rumi Nath who presents the  Borkhola legislative assembly constituency in Barak Valley in Assam.
The MLA had recommended the  issuance of car passes to Anil Chouhan’s cars thrice since the year 2013 till January 2015.
These VIP car stickers allow entry of cars into the high-security state Assembly complex including the residential areas of legislators and ministers.
The Congress MLA has been served notice by the secretariat of Assam Legislative Assembly in this regard even as the Speaker Pranab Gogoi has ordered into it.
The MLA has been asked to make her stand clear with proper justifications for her act within April 8 as to how she happened to recommend the  issuance of car passes to Anil Chouhan.
The city police are likely to interrogate  the MLA as the police,  during the raid at the car lifter’s residence found some photograhps showing the MLA Rumi Nath attending functions with the accused Anil Chouhan as well as with his wife Rita.
Anil Chouhan is suspected to assist the ‘kingpin’ of a countrywide network of vehicle lifters.
He was arrested by police in Guwahati with a 9 mm pistol, a revolver as well as  ammunition.
A Mahindra Bolero and a white Hyundai Eon were also seized from him following his arrest.
Many cases are registered against Anil Chouhan in different states of the country.
Meanwhile, the MLA stated that she had recommended for issue of car passes as she knew Chouhan’s wife Rita.
She also maintained that she was not aware of the profession of Chouhan.