look news india
Ranchi, 09 October (HS). The SIT team formed to investigate the illegal withdrawal of Rs 107 crore through fraud in the accounts of Jharkhand Government's Tourism Department and Energy Production Corporation Limited has achieved great success. The team has detained some bank employees including former employees. IG Operation Amol V Homkar at Jharkhand Police Headquarters in a press conference on Wednesday.
Told that crores of rupees have been illegally withdrawn from both the departments by opening hundreds of bank accounts. He said that Jharkhand Police has taken major action in the case of embezzlement of crores of rupees in collusion with government employees and bank employees. In this, 4 people Girja Prasad Singh, Amarjeet Kumar, Rudra Singh alias Sameer Kumar and Lokeshwar Sah alias Lokesh have been detained. While Rs 39.5 crore has been frozen in this case so far, Rs 85 lakh in cash and jewelery worth Rs 15 lakh have also been recovered. He said that an FIR was lodged on September 28 at Dhurva police station by the General Manager (Finance) of Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation Limited, Ranchi, regarding illegal withdrawal of Rs 10 crore 40 lakh by creating a fake account. A case was registered against Girja Prasad, JTDC, Ranchi, Alok Kumar, JTDC, Ranchi and Amarjeet Kumar, then Branch Manager, Canara Bank, NIFT Branch, Hatia. Considering the sensitivity of the matter, the case was transferred to CID on October 4, after which the responsibility of investigating the case was handed over to the SIT. The accused named in the case and the then Accountant cum Cashier, JTDC, Ranchi Girija Prasad and Branch Manager of Canara Bank Branch NIFT Ranchi Amarjeet Kumar were earlier detained. Based on the information given by them, about Rs 85 lakh in cash and gold jewelery worth about Rs 15 lakh (from the commission amount received), totaling about Rs 1 crore earned from the crime, were recovered from the place indicated by them.
He said that on October 03, GM, Finance of Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation Limited made fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 10.4 crore on National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP), Master Trust of Jharkhand Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited made fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 09 crore from fake accounts. On October 04, Jharkhand Urja Utpadan Nigam Limited filed a complaint of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 40.5 crore and Master Trust of Jharkhand Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited filed a complaint of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 56.5 crore through fake account. During the investigation, SIT has so far found more than 300 fake accounts. These accounts have been frozen. And Rs 39.5 crore of the government has been frozen. Jharkhand Police spokesperson cum IG Operations AV Homkar said that the investigation of the case is still going on.
