A retired government officer was duped of over Rs 48 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials, who were later arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said on Saturday.
The Uttar Pradesh Congress has accused the Yogi Adityanath government of orchestrating another scam in the distribution of cash compensation to the families of those who died in the Kumbh stampede on Mauni Amavasya (January 29) this year.
Alleging a scam worth thousands of crores in the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ and ‘Nal Jal Yojana’ in Madhya Pradesh, opposition Congress MLAs on Thursday staged a demonstration in the state assembly, holding tap faucets and placards.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday accused the AAP government of an alleged fraud related to the shelter homes in the national capital, claiming that the ruling dispensation deprived the helpless of their rights in the city.
Despite this legal relief, the accused, Sumi Bora, remains incarcerated at Guwahati Central Jail as she faces charges in two additional cases registered by Assam Police in Duliajan and Borboruah police stations.
During a surprise audit by the technical team of the Cooperative Department, it was found that the fixed deposits and loans taken by the society members between 2012 and 2018 were embezzled to the tune of Rs 4,24,02,561.
He will be taken to the ED office later on Sunday evening for further action, including the strong probability of arrest, on alleged grounds of 'non-cooperation' with the probe.
ED sources said that now they are trying to track the two-way money trail in these bank accounts, the first being the source from where such huge amounts were transferred to these accounts and the second being the channels where such funds were transferred in due course.
The accused persons being the directors of the Bhubaneswar-based company had lured gullible people to invest money in their company for higher interests by investing the amount in share market for lucrative profit.
IWT India operated as a shell company to divert the money. Its proprietor Saifi used to get a small commission for it. It was further ascertained that several crores of rupees have been transacted through the account of IWT India. The account holder Mohd Javed Saifi could not explain this huge transaction, it stated.
