Assam police arrest two for demanding bribes for inclusion of names in NRC

Assam police on Thursday arrested two NRC officials for demanding bribes from people after promising to enter their names in the NRC, although the NRC state coordinator’s office said in a press statement that the arrested duo were not in a position to influence the inclusion or exclusion of the person’s name from the Register.

Syed Shahjahan (48), a Field Level Officer (FLO) of an NRC Sewa Kendra (NSK) in Guwahati and Rahul Parasar (27), an Assistant Local Registrar of Citizen Registration (LRCR) of the same NSK were arrested by a police team. Shahjahan was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000/- from a woman after promising to include her name in the NRC.

“The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,000 for entering the name of the complainant in the draft NRC. The accused had highlighted some technical defects in her application and demanded her the bribe to correct the technical defects and enter her name thereafter into the final draft of NRC. Today the complainant was to pay the bribe amount,” the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption of Assam police said in a statement.