Edu-scam case: CBI awaits nod to file charge sheet

SHILLONG: The CBI Shillong office is still awaiting a nod from its headquarters in Delhi to file charge sheet against the accused involved in the education scam case.
Sources said the file related to the matter is still with the CBI headquarters in Delhi.
Earlier, based on the direction of the High Court of Meghalaya, the probe into the scam was completed at the end of last year.
According to sources, the CBI office here is ready to file charge sheet in the Sessions Court provided Delhi clears the file.
The CBI had completed the probe examining the criminal nature of the case.
The agency is expected to seek prosecution sanction from the state government before filing charge sheet according to the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Over 400 persons, including the former Education Minister and Congress legislator Ampareen Lyngdoh, former director of Elementary and Mass Education JD Sangma and politicians, who had recommended several names for appointment, were questioned by the CBI.
Tainted official with NPP
The tainted ex-official of the education department subsequently joined NPP and was accommodated as chairman of the Tura Municipal Board.
He is currently the secretary, North East Coordination Committee of the NPP.