Odisha Panchayat officer arrested for Rs 43 lakh fraud, spends on betting
6 days, 6 hours ago

Odisha Panchayat officer arrested for Rs 43 lakh fraud, spends on betting

India Today  

The Odisha Vigilance Department on Friday arrested Khetramohan Nayak, the Panchayat Executive Officer of Radhadeipur Gram Panchayat in Ganjam district, for allegedly embezzling Rs 43.01 lakh in government funds. Officials said Nayak misused his position by forging the Sarpanch’s signature to withdraw funds through cheques from government accounts held at Axis Bank and Canara Bank’s Digapahandi branch. The misappropriated funds were taken from multiple accounts, including those for the Centrally Investigators found that Nayak, who joined government service in July 2024, began siphoning funds at the start of his tenure. Following the discovery of the fraud, Berhampur Vigilance registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, along with relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Sections 316, 336, 338, and 340.

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Sarpanch suspended for embezzling Rs 11.72 lakh in panchayat funds
1 month, 1 week ago

Sarpanch suspended for embezzling Rs 11.72 lakh in panchayat funds

New Indian Express  

Sources said when Mohanty was the sarpanch from 2012 to 2017, the CFC provided around Rs 12 lakh for carrying out poverty alleviation programmes in the panchayat. However, she allegedly transferred Rs 11.72 lakh from the fund to her husband’s bank account and prepared fake utilisation papers with the assistance of the then panchayat executive officer. In 2024, a social …

Mylapore Hindu Fund scam: T.N. police assure expeditious relief to depositors
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mylapore Hindu Fund scam: T.N. police assure expeditious relief to depositors

The Hindu  

The Economic Offences Wing of the Tamil Nadu police have assured the depositors in the scam involving the Mylapore Hindu Permanent Fund Nidhi Limited of expeditious relief. In a press release, the police said a preliminary charge sheet was filed before a special court on November 11, 2024, against the company and its directors. “As per the commitment of EOW, …

Investment fraud: Mangaluru police arrest Kerala man
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Investment fraud: Mangaluru police arrest Kerala man

The Hindu  

The Mangaluru police have arrested a person from Thrissur in Kerala for his alleged involvement in cheating a city resident of ₹10.32 lakh in a case of online investment fraud. In a press release, the Mangaluru police said a case was registered in the Cyber Economic and Narcotic Crime station in 2024, in which the victim alleged he lost a …

Odisha man steals ₹20 lakh, hides it in cow dung as cops close in
4 months, 1 week ago

Odisha man steals ₹20 lakh, hides it in cow dung as cops close in

Hindustan Times  

A huge cache of cash has been discovered hidden within a pile of cow dung in a village located in Odisha's Balasore district in a joint raid involving police teams from Hyderabad and Odisha, an official said on Saturday. A team of police officials from Hyderabad and Odisha reached the village and raided the house of the in-laws of accused …

Actor Disha Patani's father, promised of government post, duped of Rs 25 lakh
4 months, 1 week ago

Actor Disha Patani's father, promised of government post, duped of Rs 25 lakh

India Today  

Jagdish Singh Patani, the father of actor Disha Patani and a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, was allegedly defrauded of Rs 25 lakh by a group of scammers who had promised him a high-ranking position in a government commission, police said on Friday. An FIR has been registered in Uttar Pradesh against five individuals--Shivendra Pratap Singh, Diwakar Garg, Acharya Jayaprakash …

Online trading fraud: Three men from Coimbatore and Namakkal arrested
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Online trading fraud: Three men from Coimbatore and Namakkal arrested

The Hindu  

The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police arrested three men from Coimbatore and Namakkal districts on charges of cheating several people by coaxing them to transfer money on the false promise of high returns on investments in an online trading scheme. On July 19, a complainant from Madurai reported that he was defrauded of ₹92 lakh after he …

Odisha: Fraudster held for duping man of Rs 10L
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Fraudster held for duping man of Rs 10L

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: Mangalabag police on Saturday arrested a person for his alleged involvement in duping a man of Rs 10 lakh by giving him counterfeit notes. Additional DCP Anil Mishra said police began investigation after Manash Barik of Rausapatana lodged a complaint on August 2 last year alleging he was duped of Rs 10 lakh by one Saroj Jena and his …

BEO, headmaster held for bungling funds, bribery in Odisha
1 year ago

BEO, headmaster held for bungling funds, bribery in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR/PHULBANI/BHAWANIPATNA: Vigilance on Thursday apprehended the block education officer of Daringbadi in Kandhamal district Rasananda Kar, for allegedly misappropriating a staggering `20 lakh from the teachers’ pension scheme. As per reports, Kar allegedly diverted funds from the National Pension System intended for teachers, depositing them into his personal account. According to Vigilance inspector Kumudini Sahu, the department monitored Rasananda for …

Centre, state denying funds to sarpanches: Congress
1 year, 10 months ago

Centre, state denying funds to sarpanches: Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Senior Congress leader and MLC T. Jeevan Reddy accused the state and central government of playing with the lives of sarpanches by denying funds to their panchayats. However, when the central government released funds to the village sarpanches, the state government used digital keys and withdrew this money, the Congress leader alleged. Jeevan Reddy demanded that the state government …

Panchkula: Former Sultanpur village sarpanch booked for embezzling ₹27.17 lakh
1 year, 11 months ago

Panchkula: Former Sultanpur village sarpanch booked for embezzling ₹27.17 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Police have booked the former sarpanch of Sultanpur village, Barwala, for embezzling government funds worth ₹27.17 lakh meant for developmental works. The accused has been booked under Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code at the Chandimandir police station. After the embezzlement came to light in 2021-22, the deputy commissioner had marked an inquiry to the then additional …

Sarpanchas issue: Uttam demands white paper over funds flow
2 years, 2 months ago

Sarpanchas issue: Uttam demands white paper over funds flow

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Squarely blaming the suicide of sarpanchs on the government's delay in releasing funds, Congress MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao issue a white paper on the issue. In a media statement, he accused the BRS government of cheating the sarpanchs by fraudulently transferring Rs 35,000 crore released by the 15th Finance …

Panchayat secretary suspended for misuse of funds
2 years, 3 months ago

Panchayat secretary suspended for misuse of funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Panchayat Raj and Rural Development commissioner Kona Sasidhar on Monday suspended Gannavaram panchayat grade-1 secretary N. Rajendra Vara Prasad from his services on the basis of a primary report about the misuse of panchayat funds. It was found that an amount of about Rs 1.58 crore was diverted from the gram panchayat account without prior permission from the panchayat …

MPBSE staff caught taking Rs 25,000 bribe in new banknotes
8 years, 4 months ago

MPBSE staff caught taking Rs 25,000 bribe in new banknotes

Hindustan Times  

Three employees of the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education were caught taking a Rs 25,000 bribe from their female colleague at the board’s divisional office on Tuesday evening. This is perhaps the first instance of people being caught taking a bribe in the newly-released Rs 2,000 banknotes in the country. The three employees, who were identified as Bhopal divisional …

Saradha Group chairman sentenced to three years imprisonment
11 years, 1 month ago

Saradha Group chairman sentenced to three years imprisonment

The Hindu  

Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by a Bidhannagar court on Friday in a provident fund default case, making it Sen’s first conviction in a slew of cases involving a multi-crore chit fund scam. A Bidhannagar sub-divisional court magistrate convicted and sentenced Sen to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000. …

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