GUWAHATI: The Basistha Police have arrested a gang of 10 middlemen who have been running a parallel office inside the Dispur Revenue Circle Office.
This gang-of-10 has been successfully operating for over five years, right under the nose of the State Revenue Department. Interestingly, the middlemen had brazenly set up their own tables inside the government office.
There is no doubt that there existed a smooth relation between the revenue officials and the middlemen for many years now. This gang was so well-placed within the office that a common citizen must have taken them to be government employees. The arrest also proves that there surely is a deep nexus with favouritism by someone higher-up in the revenue office.
According to Commissioner of Police, Hiren Chandra Nath, with the ongoing police investigation, everyone related to this nexus will be brought to book. The CP confirmed that the connections and the dealings between higher officials and the middlemen will also be unearthed. He did not rule out the role of some higher official under whose patronage this gang was operating and said that the investigation will throw more light into this illegal activity.
The fingers are all pointed towards the officials of the Dispur Revenue Circle Office under whose blessings these middlemen collected bribes and commissions from common citizens. It is obvious that the buck stopped at some higher-up in the Dispur Revenue Circle Office, under whose backing the ring operated.
As of now, the arrested are being interrogated by the Basistha Police and the police are trying to collect information about the officials involved.
