CID probe against Khonglam begins

In fact, the FIR was jointly filed by sixteen villages under the Sohra constituency after one Sawain had found out through the RTI Act that the SRWP fund, running into crores, had been misutilised.

The previous Congress-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) Government had instituted a magisterial inquiry after allegations were raised against Khonglam and two other officers. The magisterial inquiry, headed by A Nikhla, found Khonglam and two former BDOs guilty of financial irregularities.

In fact, the allegations of financial irregularity were partly responsibile for Khonglam’s electoral

debacle. Two other former legislators against whom corruption charges were made were former Minister P T Sawkmie and Martle N Mukhim. Like Khonglam, both of them lost the March 3 Assembly elections.