MANIPUR: FORMER JNIMS DIRECTOR SHYAMO ARRESTED BY NIA

8 July 2018:

Former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences , Shyamo Singh, who is under NIA scanner since the arrest of a Leader of armed rebel group Kangleipak Communist Party, of Poirei group in January last year for alleged funding to the outfit was arrested by a team of NIA.

The arrest of Shyamo Singh was not officially made public but source close to Imphal Times said that he was arrested on Friday night from a place at New Delhi.

On July 2, the NIA raided the house of the Former director of JNIMS at Lalambung in Imphal and recovered over Rs 40 lakh cash, scrapped currency and gold.

Shyamo has been under NIA scanner in connection with its on-going probe into rising of terror funds and supply of arms, ammunition and explosives to proscribed terror group Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP).

“Cash amounting to Rs 40.03 lakh, incriminating documents, demonetised currency notes (old Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes) with face value of Rs 1 lakh and 700 grams of gold were seized from the house of Singh.