Dimapur, August 5 : The Against Corruption and Unabated Corruption (ACAUT) has asked the Nagaland government to initiate action against the establishment of the Zunheboto chief medical officer over the case of deduction from employees’ salary for underground groups.
The organization issued a copy of a press release addressed to the chief secretary of Nagaland, on Friday. The organization has sought an FIR from the government against the chief medical officer and four other employees for flouting the government's notification against paying underground groups; instigating an underground faction to threaten the complainants.
‘On July 11, 2016, the ACAUT filed an FIR with the Zunheboto police station against the CMO for deducting employees’ salary. Accordingly, the CMO, Dr. Hokishe and four other employees obtained anticipatory bail,’ The ACAUT stated.
That was when an underground group started harassing the complainant, the organization stated. ‘It is a very serious matter as to how this particular faction should start harassing the complainant when the ACAUT made no mention of any particular faction having served tax notice to the CMO establishment unless of course those mentioned employees had a hand in it.’
The ACAUT reminded that criminal threats and intimidation at the behest of armed elements should attract the strictest penalty under the IPC and the CrPC.
‘Secondly, any form of taxation including salary deduction is illegal (Indian Penal Code, chapter XII) and as per the Home department’s notification on April 23, 2004 as well as the police headquarters’ circular on June 12, 2015; no taxation in any form is allowed in the state nor government servants are allowed to entertain such deduction notices,’ the ACAUT stated.
The organization has demanded that the Nagaland government do its bit and initiate action. Failure to do so would invite ‘unfortunate turn of events’ for which the state government would be held responsible, the representation added.
