IMPHAL: Former minister and
veteran politician O Joy has today alleged that, the involvement of
prominent political leaders of Manipur in the Regional Institute of
Medical Sciences (RIMS) graft case had been clearly indicated in the
wake of the recent CBI raids at nine different places including the
official quarters of two former directors of the Government premier
hospital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju and BJP President Amit Shah have been urged in a letter to facilitate speedy investigation into the RIMS graft case and also to take up steps to cleanse other Central offices and institutions including Manipur University, O Joy told a press meet at the Press Club.
In the letter, the veteran politician quoted an Imphal based local newspaper which had reported that a letter was seized from a lady officer, written with her official seal during one of the raids carried out on September 12, asking a prominent political leader of Manipur to “refund” a sum of Rs 1 crore taken as bribe for not allowing the CBI to conduct inquiry into the RIMS graft case and for not removing former Director of RIMS, Dr L Sekharjit from his post.
“The letter was shown to the media, but they were not allowed to photograph it”, Joy stated in his letter to the Central leaders, adding that, it implicates some prominent political leaders of Manipur in the alleged corruption case.
In the letter, Joy requested the Central leaders to expedite the investigation into the graft case so that the culprits are booked and cleared the cloud of doubts hanging in the mind of general public and cleanse other Central offices and institutions including Manipur University.