CBI registers case against two NIA officials on extortion charges

Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has registered an FIR against National Investigation Agency NIA Superintendent of Police and an inspector for their alleged role in involvement in corruption and criminal practices during their posting at the NIA office in Manipurs ImphalThey have been booked for an alleged extortion case of Rs 60 lakh from three local residents in Manipurs Imphal after threatening to implicate them in a false caseThe FIR in the matter accessed by ANI read that Vishal Garg the then SP of the NIA Branch Office in Imphal alongwith Rajib Khan Inspector NIA Imphal was collecting huge amounts of money from residents of Manipur through cutouts by threatening them for falsely implicating in NIA casesIn the FIR the CBI has slapped Sections 120B criminal conspiracy and 388 extortion of the Indian Penal Code IPC and several sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Garg and Inspector Md Rajib KhanThe CBI registered the case after receiving a complaint a copy of which is now part of the FIR from Sudhanshu Shekhar Shukla Deputy Superintendent administration NIA Headquarters in the national capitalAlso Read Go First to suspend flights files for voluntary insolvency resolution processAfter receiving the said information an internal enquiry was conducted in respect of allegations levelled against Vishal Garg and Md Rajib Khan Shukla said in his complaintThe enquiry has revealed that NIA had registered a case in March 2022 with the allegation that the active cadres of terrorist organizations including Kangleipak Communist Party KCP United Liberation Front UNLF and Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak PREPAK all prescribed under UAPA are raising funds in Manipur in furtherance of their terror activities The said case was assigned to Tushar Bishat Inspector NIA Imphal for investigation he addedThe enquiry further revealed that Vishal Garg being SP NIA Imphal Branch was the Head of the Branch and the First Supervisory Officer in the caseOn the directions of Vishal Garg Md Rajib Khan was assisting in the investigation of the said caseThe enquiry has revealed that through this modus operandi Khan collected Rs 10 lakh cash from one Inaocha Takhellambam alias Naoba Rs 20 lakh cash from one N Momon Singh Rs 30 lakh cash from one Laishram Hemanta Singh all residents of Imphal between May and August 2022 at the instance of Garg he further allegedShukla said there is a possibility of threatening other people or witnesses and extorting huge amounts from themThis aspect too needs to be investigated and it is requested that needful action be taken against them he also saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever