Rebel group Maoist Communist Party, Manipur (MCPM) today warned serious action to three top officials of RIMS, whom they alleged to have been involved in the intentional leaking of question papers for recruitment examination of staff nurse.
In a press statement, the outfit points figure to the Director RIMS, Deputy Director and the Medical Superintendent of RIMS to have been the persons behind the leaking of the question papers. The outfit said that in-order to cheat the people of the state particularly those candidates appearing the recruitment test; the Director RIMS had constituted a name shake enquiry committee to end the matter.
Around 6000 candidates appeared in the recruitment test held on December 13 this year for appointment of 116 staff nurse. A total of 369 candidate including 191 unreserved, 96 OBC, 57 SC and 25 ST were declared passed in the written test.
Armed group MCMP said that as the three top officials of the RIMS fear unwanted consequences as people can seek the help of RTI, they intentionally leaked the question paper ahead of the written test to their already selected candidate. The outfit said that their cadres had interview some of the candidates who were declared passed in the written test and had found out the amount they had given to these officials through some middlemen that the three persons had sent to them. The outfit alleges that an amount of rupees 2 million were collected from those candidate which were suppose to be selected and the MCPM claims to have the name of the candidates who will be selected.
Taking the matter seriously and considering the three persons – Director RIMS, deputy Director and medical Superintendent as the enemy of the people, the outfit said that public curfew will be imposed from December 22 to December 31 in around the administrative block of RIMS. However, the curfew will not effect to the functioning of the hospital as usual. The outfit further said that if those responsible for the present crisis fail to resign then the outfit will call 12 hours general strike on January 3.
The outfit also encourages the candidates who had appeared the written test to take legal aids and other form of democratic movement to get justice.
