Selected Nagaland State Transport recruits allege INR 10,000 cash demand during joining process, raising corruption concerns as department remains silent in Dimapur.
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DIMAPUR — The Nagaland State Transport (NST) General Manager’s office in Dimapur is facing allegations of corruption after selected candidates in a recent recruitment examination claimed they were asked to pay INR 10,000 each in cash during the joining process.
The allegation was made by the selected candidates, who are currently undergoing training, in statements to a local news channel on Saturday.
According to them, they received phone calls from the GM’s office asking them to report on December 12, 2025, with original documents for joining.
The candidates alleged that upon reporting, they were asked to bring INR 10,000 in cash each, purportedly for “paperwork.”
They claimed that despite financial hardship and having no alternative, they complied with the demand by arranging money from parents or borrowing from relatives.
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It may be mentioned that NST had published a recruitment advertisement in local newspapers on September 12, 2025, for 13 bus conductors, nine mechanic helpers and one multi-tasking staff post, the latter reserved for an indigenous inhabitant of Kiphire district.
An examination fee of INR 100 was reportedly collected from applicants. Oral interviews were conducted between November 18 and 21, and the results were declared on November 27.
The selected mechanic helpers are presently undergoing training at the NST Central Workshop and the old NST station in Dimapur.
The NST department has not issued any clarification on the allegations till the filing of this report.