Aizawl Court convicts Guwahati man on charges of fraud and criminal conspiracy
First Published: 2nd June, 2023 16:18 IST
Mustaqur Rahman was convicted for swindling at least Rs 133 lakh from 5 contractors in Mizoram, Assam and Manipur on the pretext of awarding contracts
By Issac Zoramsanga
A Special Court (Prevention of Corruption Act) in Aizawl convicted Mustaqur Rahman from Guwahati, on charges of misappropriation of funds, cheating and criminal conspiracy on Friday. The Court will announce the quantum of punishment on Monday, Special Judge (PC Act) H.T.C. Lalrinchhana said pronouncing the conviction.
The Special judge, on Friday ruled, “The accused Mr. Mustaqur Rahman S/o Abdur Rahman, Guwahati, Assam is hereby convicted under sections 403/420/468/471 read with 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under section 13 (1) (d)/13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 read with 120B IPC.”
Rahman was remanded to judicial custody and sent back to the Central Jail near Aizawl where he was imprisoned after being arrested on February 24 from outside Mizoram. He was convicted for swindling at least Rs 133 lakh from 5 contractors in Mizoram, Assam and Manipur on the pretext of awarding work contracts.
His co-accused Lalremthanga, former Managing Director of the state government owned Mizoram Agriculture Marketing Corporation Ltd. (MAMCO) was already convicted by the same court in November last year and sentenced to 5 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5 lakh. He is serving his jail term.
The state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials, during the course of investigation, discovered that Lalremthanga appointed Rahman as consultant of MAMCO, without the knowledge of the managing board of the Corporation.
The Managing Director of the MAMCO Zothankhuma, who filed a complaint to the ACB on April 6, 2015 said that the managing director did not have any power to appoint a consultant without the approval of the managing board. The total amount of money obtained by the two convicted persons is estimated to be at least Rs 268 lakh.
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