Lakhyajit Deka, an Accounts
Officer with the Indian Institute
of Entrepreneurship
(IIE), Guwahati, an autonomous
national institute under the
administrative control of the Ministry
of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME), lost his job twice in an attempt to unearth issues of severe financial
irregularities in the institute.
It's the dismal case of a public officer
serving at a crucial post in a Government-run organisation who has been
cast out and denigrated for voicing
against corruption.
In July 2008, barely months after assuming
charge of his duties, Lakhyajit
claims he noticed voucher manipulations
and accounting entries without
supporting papers and immediately
brought it to the notice of the Director
of the institute, along with documentary
evidence.
Ironically, instead of an appreciation
he expected for this gesture, he was
first slapped with a suspension, and
later his services were terminated.
