SSUM demands punishment
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 12 2024:
Alleging that the office of Zonal Education Officer (ZEO)-Zone-I is embroiled in misappropriation of funds, the Socialist Students' Union of Manipur (SSUM) has urged the authorities concerned to pull up all the culprits by January 17 .
Speaking to media persons at their Lalambung office today, SSUM president S Yaima said that one reporter recently visited the ZEO Zone-I office at Lamphelpet to enquire about alleged swindling of arrears of some teachers by the Account Section of the same office.
The reporter was offered money not to publish any news on the particular matter but the reporter rejected the offer, Yaima said.
It is a matter of grave concern that the Education Department is plagued with corrupt practices and even media persons who made enquiries about such irregularities were offered money to keep the matter under wraps, he remarked.
Earlier, the Government instituted an enquiry into misappropriation of funds by the Account Section of ZEO Zone-I office but the matter was hushed up thus letting off the culprits, Yaima said.
Saying that the SSUM has taken serious note of the matter, he urged the Government to pull up all the culprits by January 17 .