But the onus of cleaning up the department is not on the government Vigilance Department but on one of the many insurgent groups operating in Manipur, the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup. The KYKL, a banned underground organisation, has been in the forefront of fighting corruption in the Education Department, which it considers as the backbone of building any society. Its been quite some time since the KYKL, under a specific programme, "Operation New Kangleipak" has been drastically campaigning to cleanse the Department of corrupt elements. In the past, it has shot some teachers for encouraging mass copying, which has become a common phenomenon in Manipur, and helpers who pass chits into examination halls. The KYKL used to declare public curfew in and around examination halls before every public examination to discourage cheating and mass copying.

But the feather in the organisation’s cap was when it unearthed a corruption racket in the Education Department recruitment in which the Minister himself was involved. The organisation picked up at least five persons, including a Deputy Secretary of Education. From the five persons, it became evident that a huge sum running into lakhs of rupees was exchanged for recruiting 36 project officers for the Sharva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme. Dr. Maniruddin Sheikh was also implicated in the corruption charge. Others who were implicated are Deputy Secretary (Education) Khwairakpam Raghumani (45), Md. Nasir Ahmed (46), an excise inspector and three former project officers of the non-formal education project—Ningombam Shyamcharan (37), Oinam Priyo Kumar (38) and Sagolshem Ranjit (40).

The organisation awarded the death sentence to all the six and had declared that the five in their custody would be executed on December 31 last year. However, the KYKL called for public opinion on capital punishment. The public, while appreciating the organisation’s drive against corruption in the Education Department. gave an overwhelming opinion against the death sentence. The five were released on the day they were to be shot dead to their family members in front of a battery of media personnel. Nasir Ahmed acted as the middleman. He said the Minister took Rs. 1.2 lakh and the Deputy Secretary (Education), Raghumani took
Rs. 70,000 from 36 project officers for their appointment under SSA. The organisation, however, has not lifted the death penalty on the Minister. It said it would carry out its execution after carefully monitoring how the Minister improves his behaviour.