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An FIR has been registered by the Imphal police against former chief minister of Manipur, Ibobi Singh, and five others in a case of alleged financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 185.79 crore.
The case is about the functioning of the Manipur Development Society (MDS), a government agency. The FIR has been registered under various sections of the IPC and Personal Liabilities Act, 1998. It charges these six persons with cheating, criminal conspiracy and breach of trust, and being non-bailable.
Others named in the FIR are three former chief secretaries – D.S. Ponia, P.C. Lawmkunga and O. Nabakishore Singh, a former project director of MDS, Y. Ningthem Singh, and administrative officer of MDS, S. Ranjit Singh.