Sitapur (UP): Four persons were arrested
after an FIR was registered against 14 people, including the
manager and cashier of the district cooperative bank, Tambore,
for allegedly opening fake accounts in the name of labourers
to siphon off money sanctioned under the NREGA scheme.
The matter came to light after reports in the media to
this effect.
Those arrested included cashier of the bank Rajendra
Pal from whose account Rs six lakh was allegedly recovered,
peon Sanjay Nigam from whose account 14 lakhs were recovered
besides village heads of Sultanpur and Hazratpur, Hukum Singh
and Raj Kishore Verma, police said today.
Attempts were on to nab bank manager Anil kumar
Kanaujia, who along with two other bank employees has been
suspended, police said.
Taking note of the incident, the state government has
sought a report in this regard from the District Magistrate.
Rural Development Commissioner Manoj Kumar Singh has asked the
Chief Develoment Officer (CDO) to probe the matter.
The village heads in connivance with the bank staff
used to allegedly open fake accounts in the name of labourers
and transfer the money sanctioned under the scheme to them,
police said.
Bureau Report
