GUWAHATI
The office of the State Coordinator for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) with the Criminal Investigation Department against former NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela, some officers and data entry operators for “antinational activities” during the exercise to update the citizens’ list.
The exercise to update the NRC of 1951 was begun in 2014 under the supervision of the Supreme Court. Of the 3.3-crore people who applied for inclusion in the NRC, 19.06 lakh were left out for lack of adequate citizenship papers when the draft list was published on August 31, 2019.
