Days after Nagaland election results, the National Investigation Agency has issued summons to former chief minister TR Zeliang, asking him to appear before it in Delhi on March 13 in connection with a probe related to alleged “tax collection” and “extortion” from state government departments by banned Naga insurgent groups.
The NIA has asked the former Nagaland CM to appear with the documents pertaining to the illegal payments. TOI exclusively accessed the copy of the summon sent to Zeliang.
Earlier, just before the elections in the state, NIA had summoned for questioning three senior officials of Zeiang’s CMO, including his officer on special duty (OSD) and two public relation officers.
Earlier, NIA had arrested four Nagaland government officers last year and it was revealed that the banned insurgent group NSCN (K) was given around Rs 20 crore in just four years by the officers by sharing with the outfit funds from the state exchequer.
The federal anti-terror probe agency had recovered payment slips and registers which established that the arrested officers were hand in glove with NSCN (K) in its “illegal tax collection” racket.
Source: Times News Network
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