Prateek Hajela

The Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority has filed a police case against former NRC coordinator in the state, Prateek Hajela.

NGO Assam Public Works has, in a complaint with the Assam CID, accused former state NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela of collaborating with a string of other officials to include the names of "illegal" and "doubtful" persons in the Register.

The police have registered a case against former Assam National Register of Citizens' (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela for forging the documents and final list.

Lending more teeth to the Assam BJP's claims of alleged financial mismanagement in the ongoing process to update the National Register of Citizens or NRC by the former coordinator Prateek Hajela, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in an interim report has found financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 108 crore.

The Assam government has appointed Babulal Sharma, Secretary of Home and Political Department, as temporary coordinator of the NRC, which has been without an in-charge for weeks now

A prominent non-governmental organisation has demanded a CBI probe into alleged "illegalities and financial irregularities" in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise carried out under former coordinator Prateek Hajela over the last few years.

Home Minister Amit Shah's plan to redo the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam along with the rest of India today found support from BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has long termed the final list prepared exclusively for the northeastern state earlier this year as "faulty".

The updated final NRC, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, has left out over 19 lakh applicants.

Assam Civil Service officer Hitesh Dev Sarma has been appointed as the coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the northeastern state.

The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking extension of time for completing formalities to transfer Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) Coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh.

The original petitioner in the Supreme Court seeking updation of the NRC in Assam on Tuesday urged the government to "seize" the passport of the NRC State Coordinator, Prateek Hajela, till auditing of the entire process was completed.

A day after the officer in charge of Assam's National Register of Citizens or NRC was transferred to Madhya Pradesh by the Supreme Court, the state BJP has once again targeted him.

Prateek Hajela, the man who led the process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, will be transferred immediately to Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court ordered today.

Senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has complained to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi that National Register of Citizens State Coordinator Prateek Hajela did not discharge his duty efficiently while preparing the final list published last week, and requested him to review the matter.

Days after the final National Register of Citizens list was published, at least two police complaints have been filed against the NRC coordinator of Assam Prateek Hajela. One FIR has been filed against the IAS officer in Guwahati, the other has been filed in Dibrugarh, police sources have confirmed.

The Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority has filed a police case against former NRC coordinator in the state, Prateek Hajela.

NGO Assam Public Works has, in a complaint with the Assam CID, accused former state NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela of collaborating with a string of other officials to include the names of "illegal" and "doubtful" persons in the Register.

The police have registered a case against former Assam National Register of Citizens' (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela for forging the documents and final list.

Lending more teeth to the Assam BJP's claims of alleged financial mismanagement in the ongoing process to update the National Register of Citizens or NRC by the former coordinator Prateek Hajela, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in an interim report has found financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 108 crore.

The Assam government has appointed Babulal Sharma, Secretary of Home and Political Department, as temporary coordinator of the NRC, which has been without an in-charge for weeks now

A prominent non-governmental organisation has demanded a CBI probe into alleged "illegalities and financial irregularities" in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise carried out under former coordinator Prateek Hajela over the last few years.

Home Minister Amit Shah's plan to redo the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam along with the rest of India today found support from BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has long termed the final list prepared exclusively for the northeastern state earlier this year as "faulty".

The updated final NRC, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, has left out over 19 lakh applicants.

Assam Civil Service officer Hitesh Dev Sarma has been appointed as the coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the northeastern state.

The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking extension of time for completing formalities to transfer Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) Coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh.

The original petitioner in the Supreme Court seeking updation of the NRC in Assam on Tuesday urged the government to "seize" the passport of the NRC State Coordinator, Prateek Hajela, till auditing of the entire process was completed.

A day after the officer in charge of Assam's National Register of Citizens or NRC was transferred to Madhya Pradesh by the Supreme Court, the state BJP has once again targeted him.

Prateek Hajela, the man who led the process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, will be transferred immediately to Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court ordered today.

Senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has complained to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi that National Register of Citizens State Coordinator Prateek Hajela did not discharge his duty efficiently while preparing the final list published last week, and requested him to review the matter.

Days after the final National Register of Citizens list was published, at least two police complaints have been filed against the NRC coordinator of Assam Prateek Hajela. One FIR has been filed against the IAS officer in Guwahati, the other has been filed in Dibrugarh, police sources have confirmed.