UP Forest Corporation scam: 65 crore fraud in bank and ‘creamy’ posting in office, what is happening in UP Forest Corporation?

Bank of India fraud: Sometimes the stories of government departments seem like the script of a movie. One such story is of the Forest Corporation of Uttar Pradesh, where on one hand the investigation of a bank scam of about Rs 65 crore is going on, while on the other hand allegations of corruption and ‘setting’ are being made inside the office.

First understand, how the fraud of Rs 65 crore was saved?

The story starts with Bank of India. Someone opened a fake bank account in the name of ‘MD One Nigam’. The plan was to make an FD of Rs 64 crore 82 lakh of the corporation and withdraw the money from this fake account.

The conspirators would have succeeded, but then a new finance officer noticed it and immediately alerted everyone. However, by then the thieves had transferred around Rs 7 crore to different accounts. But before they could withdraw the money, the bank blocked most of the accounts. Even now, banks and investigating agencies are working day and night to recover about Rs 1 to 1.5 crore.

The bank is also investigating whether any bank employee was involved in this game. The matter is now with big investigating agencies.

One scam does not end, another begins: the game inside the office

On one hand, this bank scam is burning, and on the other hand, a different story of corruption is going on inside the Forest Corporation itself. It is being said that ever since MD Arvind Kumar Singh has come, corruption has increased a lot in the corporation.

The most shocking thing is that the employee union which earlier used to raise its voice on such matters, is now completely silent. The allegation is that in order to please some big leaders of the union, MD Saheb has made them sit on such ‘creamy’ chairs, which they do not even deserve, so that no one can open their mouth against them.

Who are those people who got ‘creamy’ posting?

1. Gaurav Amoli: He is the president of the union. Actually, he is a clerk (Assistant Grade-2), but he has been made a marketing officer. Not only this, he also looks after the posting of contractual employees in the entire state. It is alleged that they act arbitrarily in the name of posting and recovery is also done.
2. Dilip Kumar Shukla: They are posted in the marketing branch and look after the auction of forest products (like trees, tendu leaves) in the entire state. It is being said that if the auction of trees and tendu leaves is properly investigated, a scam worth hundreds of crores can come to light.
3. Anoop Kumar Mishra: He is also a clerk and a minister in the union. He has been given the job of maintenance of the headquarters colony. Here too, there are allegations of a lot of rigging in the name of maintenance.
4. Kashendra Singh: He is also a clerk, but he is posted directly in the camp office of the MD. Sources say that he is closest to the MD and looks after all his personal work and accounts of alleged ‘dealings’.

When MD Arvind Kumar Singh is questioned on all this, he becomes silent. On one hand, the strings of the bank scam are being discovered, while on the other hand, this ‘setting’ going on inside the department raises many big questions.