Imphal, February 19 2009: Accusing two top functionaries of info-Tech Computer Training Institute, Awang Potsangbam of hoodwinking the public the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the proscribed KCP has prohibited the Institute's Director Maibam Shyam and its Secretary Laishram Ajitsen from venturing out of their respective homes for six months with immediate effect.

Parading the accused duo before newspersons somewhere in Bishnupur district today an SIT spokesperson contended that after enrolling a number of youth to computer training programmes they were sent to other States with the assurance of job at call centres only to return home a dejected lot.

Further accusing the Institute heads of misleading the job aspirants even to the extent of some lured into immoral activities, the spokesperson contended that ninth batch students comprising of 14 girls and 12 boys were assured call centre jobs at Bangalore after completing training courses in computer and fluency in English.

Out of these 26, only five girls and a boy managed to get the call centre jobs only through consistent efforts of their respective parents/relatives and not by the Awang Potsangbam Institute, the spokesperson maintained while naming Ajitsen's elder brother Bishochandra as the Bangalore conduit to lure Manipuris with false promise of jobs.

Bishochandra is informed to have completed MBA in Australia and currently working as Security Supervisor in a Bangalore-based firm from where he takes care of the youngsters' accommodation and location of call centres.

Sharing information culled by the SIT, he said Bishochandra resorts to muscle power (hiring thugs) when the job aspirants from manipur raise questions on denial of employment opportunities at Bangalore.

It was also disclosed that the Awang Potsangbam Institute has no connection whatsoever with any Bangalore-based call centres as had been claimed by Ajitsen and Shyam.

Recounting past instances of State-based agents luring job aspirants only to be abandoned frustratingly at bigger cities with some gullible girls forced into immoral activities for survival, the spokesperson said considering gravity of the fraud, Ajitsen and Shyam deserve severest form of punishment but have been spared of such action on humanitarian ground.

Under the pretext of employment at call centres, the Info-tech Institute levied fee of Rs 6500 from the first batch trainees, second batch trainees made to cough up Rs 8500 with the third batch expending a total of Rs 10,500, said the KCP functionary who also added that through similar module the Institute had completed seventh batch training programme.

He also called upon agents operating from manipur in job placement ventures to provide detailed information regarding their modus operandi and related data within 15 days while cautioning that failure to comply to the instruction would entail necessary measures/actions.

On their part, Ajitsen and Shyam expressed that their intention of extending computer and English fluency training was to assist jobless youth of the State find better jobs in bigger cities but conceded that due to some flaw in the recruitment system of companies concerned the trained boys and girls had to endure inconveniences.

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