Dimapur, August 27 (MExN): Dimapur-based businessman Nirmal Kumar Jain has denied several allegations levelled against him by “some organizations,” including claims of securing the Indigenous Inhabitant certificate through fraudulent means, as well as allegations of criminality and ‘land mafia’ links.
In a public statement issued today, he noted that he had refrained from reacting to the various allegations, as the matter was already sub judice and he was answerable only to the concerned authority.
However, Jain said that he was “constrained” to clarify, as the same “allegations have been repeatedly made” against him in the public domain.
Accordingly, he categorically refuted the allegation that he had obtained the Non-Naga Indigenous Inhabitant of Nagaland Certificate on the strength of fabricated documents or by adopting fraudulent means.
The businessman also denied the allegation that he was a "criminal" or a "land mafia." “The allegation does not hold any substance since it is based on mere assumption, presumption, and surmises without any corroborative material to substantiate its veracity or authenticity,” he added.
Jain further emphasised that it is a settled principle of law that “without specific allegations as to when, where, and how such an act has been committed, a bare statement without proof cannot lead to an inference of wrongdoing.”
To buttress his contention, he pointed out that, to date, he had not been “charge-sheeted for any criminal offence, much less convicted for any crime whatsoever by any court of law in India.”
Instead, Jain alleged that the accusations were made with malicious intent to tarnish his reputation and defame him before society.
