Assam admits project funds went to militants

The Assam government said here on Thursday that the political leaders of the North Cachar Autonomous District council have siphoned off Rs 10 crores by clearing old fake bills of contractors in order to facilitate fund to the Dimasa militant. Disclosing this to reporters, Assam government spokesman and minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said: "This is what the Assam governor, Lt. Gen. Ajay Singh (retd), who is the constitutional head of the district councils, has reported to the Assam government."

He said: "The council leaders hurriedly cleared the controversial bills of two contractors, R.S. Gandhi and Ali, worth Rs 10 crores, which was pending for the past several years. These contractors paid the majority of the fund released by the council to the Dimasa rebels." Denying the charges of the council leaders against him of having nexus with Dimasa rebels, Mr Sarma said: "It has become a fashion among my political opponents in Assam to drag my name in all militant-related controversies."

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