Husband appointed as a consultant by MCPCR Chairperson gets Rs. 9,10,000/- as hiring charge for his own vehicles

IT News

Imphal, July 11:

Even as there are rare reports of taking up child rights-related issues, the Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR) has spent a total of Rs. 9,10,000/- ( Nine lakhs and ten thousand ) for a period of 1 and half years for the hiring of two vehicles owned by the husband of the Chairperson of the Commission, Sunitibala Ningthoujam, whom she appointed as the consultant of the commission.

As per information from the MCPCR, Ibomcha Ningthoujam, who is the legitimate husband of MCPCR Chairperson Sunitibala Ningthoujam, has been appointed as the consultant of the Commission on April 26, 2018. Two four-wheeler vehicles – one Bolero and one Santro car owned by Ibomcha Ningthoujam- have been hired by the Commission on payment of Rs. 35,000/- per month for the Bolero and Rs. 5000/- for the month of January 2020 for the Santro car. Interestingly, the amount spent for the hiring of the two vehicles from the husband of the chairperson, who has been appointed as a consultant to the Commission comes nearly the market price of the vehicles. And the fund has been utilized from the grant sanctioned from the department of Social Welfare Government of Manipur to carry out various activities of the commission which is connected with the issues of Child rights.