NGO chairman accused of scamming 27 persons
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 10 2025:
Twenty-seven residents of Mayang Imphal assembly constituency have accused a man of cheating them out a total of Rs 15 lakh under the pretext of arranging loans for fisheries and piggeries.
According to one Kshetrimayum Sanatomba of Mayang Imphal Maning Leikai, the accused, identified as Nandeibam Surjabar-na alias Tanthan.
who is the chairman of "Giving Foundation Northeast Zone", located at Moirangkhom Sougaijam Leirak, collected money from the Victims after organising a training programme on "Integrated Farming, Soil Conservation, and Wetland Conservation" from December 17 to 21, 2023, at the Brave Boys' Association (BBA) indoor hall.
Sanatomba said that Surjabarna promised the participants loans with a 30 per cent subsidy if they deposited 10 per cent of the loan amount.
After the amount was deposited with him, he provided fake sanction letters and also signed loan agreements, telling the farmers that bank accounts would be opened at IDFC First Bank for fund transfers.
He later went missing.
Victims later learned he had also cheated others in a similar manner.
On July 27, 2024, Surjabarna signed an agreement at an advocate's chamber in Nambol to return the money.
However, the victims, when visited his home after waiting several months, found his house locked.
Sanatomba urged authorities to act swiftly stating that the victims are poor people and dependent on small-scale farming for their livelihood.




