Fraud of more than Rs 100 crore in 2 departments of Jharkhand government. 300 fake bank accounts found in the investigation of fraud, investigation of the case continues.
Ranchi. Government employees and bank employees have been detained in the case of transfer of more than Rs 107 crore of money to fake accounts of Jharkhand Energy Production Corporation and Tourism Department. At the same time, till now Rs 39.5 crore have been frozen in this case, while Rs 85 lakh in cash and jewelery worth Rs 15 lakh have also been recovered. On September 28, General Manager (Finance), Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation Limited, Ranchi, lodged a complaint in Dhurva police station regarding illegal withdrawal of Rs 10 crore 40 lakh by creating a fake account.
In this case, 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 this matter, this case was transferred to CID on 4 October. After this, the responsibility of investigating the case was handed over to 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 detained.
During interrogation by the SIT, these accused gave information about two other accused involved in the case. After this, SIT detained Rudra Singh alias Sameer Kumar from Bokaro and Lokeshwar Sah alias Lokesh from Dibdih, Ranchi. On the trail of these conspirators, about Rs 85 lakh in cash and gold jewelery worth about Rs 15 lakh (from the commission money received), a total of about Rs 1 crore, was recovered from the place indicated by them.
Meanwhile, on October 3, GM, Finance, Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation Limited lodged a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP) about fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 10.4 crore from a fake account by the Master Trust of Jharkhand Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited. This was done and on October 4, 2024, a complaint has been lodged on the portal about withdrawal of an amount of Rs 40.5 crore by Jharkhand Urja Utpadan Nigam Limited and Rs 56.5 crore from the fake account of Master Trust of Jharkhand Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited.
While investigating this, the SIT has so far detected more than 300 fake accounts. By freezing these accounts, Rs 39.5 crore of the government has been frozen. However, the investigation of the entire case is going on and CID Cyber Police Station Ranchi and I4C are working together with the SIT in this case and more big revelations are expected in this case soon.
Tags: Hemant Soren government, Jharkhand Government, Jharkhand news, Ranchi news
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 10, 2024, 13:39 IST