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

An NRC press statement said that any official found involved in any illegal activity will be punished as per law. But it added, “However, preliminary findings indicate that the NRC officials at Ganeshguri NSK of Dispur Circle have no role to play in the matter of inclusion or exclusion of the Claimant/Complainant…As such, the NRC officials at Ganeshguri NSK cannot influence the matter of inclusion or exclusion of the Claimant/Complainant or for that matter any other NRC Claimant also.”