DNSU backs CCoFA demand for CBI probe

Diphupar Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) on Friday affirmed its support to the NH bandh call given the Co-ordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCOFA) in the event the state government failed to comply with the 15-day ultimatum to constitute a CBI inquiry into fuel adulteration case. In a press release, DNSU, N. Pitovi Achumi, stated that the government’s refusal to constitute a CBI enquiry would only indicate that the state government was “a party to this crime and the public will not remain a mute spectator to that.”DNSU has called upon citizens from all sections of the society to come forward “in support of this cause for common good.” The union expressed dismay over what it called the lacklustre attitude of the state government in spite of the evidences and records submitted clearly indicated rampant fuel adulteration racket in Nagaland. Terming the fuel adulteration as “a broad day-light robbery”, DNSU said such illegal act deprived the people of their right “to get a fair value for their money’s worth.” The union stated that leaving this “drain of wealth” unchecked would “only burden our stagnant economy further”. DNSU therefore asserted that the student community cannot turn a blind eye “when our land and society has become a tool and a play ground in the hands of some few unscrupulous elements.”