CBI arrests Mizoram convict absconding for over a decade | Guwahati News

Guwahati: CBI has arrested a person, convicted by a court in Mizoram in 2024 in connection with a 14-year-old corruption case, from Guwahati after the convict remained absconding for more than a decade, the central investigating agency stated on Sunday.Tamanna Chakma alias Tamie May was convicted along with 22 other accused on May 17, 2024, in a 14-year-old case in which the agency had booked UP Mishra, the then zonal manager, National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) Ltd in Assam’s Silchar and five others, based on a complaint in the matter of alleged misappropriation of compensation bills. The trial went on for nearly 12 years.“During trial proceedings, the accused Tamanna Chakma failed to appear before the trial court and therefore an arrest warrant was issued by the concerned trial court,” CBI stated in the statement.Chakma did not appear before the trial court even after the pronouncement of the judgment.Subsequently, based on inputs collected during field verification, physical surveillance and thorough CDR analysis, Chakma was detained by CBI’s Shillong team on Saturday from a location under the jurisdiction of Geeta Nagar police station in Guwahati.