Guwahati, December 8 (NNN): The commander-in-chief of Dima Halam Daogah-Jewel faction (DHD-J) has transferred $200,000 via a Singapore bank to the account of his wife in Nepal. According to intellugence oifficials in Guwahati, the account has been seized by Nepalese authorities.
The sources said Niranjan Hojai, the commander-in-chief of Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel), had along with the outfit’s chairman Jewel Garlossa had invested extorted money heavily in Nepal, Hong Kong and Singapore. Information gathered by Assam police’s Special Branch said Hojai owns a farmhouse at Nagore near Kathmandu and other assets managed by a business associate named Sarita Giri Rai.
The DHD (J) had let loose a reign of terror in Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills) district in 2008-09. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) later probed the diversion of development funds to its coffers.
“We have information that Hojai transferred $200,000 from Singapore to Sarita Rai’s account in Nepal’s Everest Bank. Officials in that country have seized the account and Rai is being questioned,” the intelligence officer said.
The sources said Niranjan Hojai, the commander-in-chief of Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel), had along with the outfit’s chairman Jewel Garlossa had invested extorted money heavily in Nepal, Hong Kong and Singapore. Information gathered by Assam police’s Special Branch said Hojai owns a farmhouse at Nagore near Kathmandu and other assets managed by a business associate named Sarita Giri Rai.
The DHD (J) had let loose a reign of terror in Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills) district in 2008-09. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) later probed the diversion of development funds to its coffers.
“We have information that Hojai transferred $200,000 from Singapore to Sarita Rai’s account in Nepal’s Everest Bank. Officials in that country have seized the account and Rai is being questioned,” the intelligence officer said.
