GUWAHATI:

finance minister

said here on Thursday that the Comptroller and Auditor General had reported a "huge financial scam" during the

(

) update exercise and that the state government would place details about the scam in the assembly next week. This is the first time that the state government has publicly admitted possible financial irregularities during the exercise.

The NRC update, conducted by the Registrar General of India from 2015 to 2019, is reported to have cost the exchequer about Rs 1,600 crore.

"I am not saying… it is an inspection report by the accountant general of Assam confirming that a huge financial scam took place in the

in the last three years. The AG has flagged 16 points of financial anomalies," Sarma said.