B’NGIR SSA SCAM: CB ARRESTS TWO ACCUSED
Saturday, 17 August 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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A team of the Crime Branch led by DSP PK Panda finally on Friday nabbed two main accused, accountant Jethu Sahu and cashier Daktar Sahu, in bungling of Sarva Shiksha Abhijan (SSA) funds to the tune of more than Rs 4 crore here.
Incidentally, the Odisha High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the two accused a few days ago. The siphoning of the SSA funds came to light after an Utkal Gramya Bank clerk got suspicious about the cheque and alerted the SSA officials. After an enquiry into the incident, the whole scandal was exposed.
Balangir Town police had registered a case under Sections 409, 467, 471, 120(B) and 34 of the IPC on May 9 last after getting complaint from district project coordinator (DPC) Susant Chopdar about the mismanagement of the funds by the duo.
Initially, it was probed by Balangir police but subsequently the Crime Branch took over its investigation charge. After investigation it was found that the modus operandi of the duo was to forge the signature of DPCs of SSA and submit the cheques to bank and withdraw the money. Though the total amount of money bungled in the scam is officially said to be around Rs 4 crore, unofficially, it could go up to Rs 10 crore, said sources.
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