A unique case is under investigation by the Bengal's Murshidabad district administration. It has investigated a strange case of misappropriation of government funds in which at least Rs 7 lakh was collected for beneficiaries of rural employment schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MNREGA) and few beneficiaries are from Bangladesh. Fake job identity cards were created to make the withdrawals.
The primary complaint is against the upa-pradhan (deputy head) of the Trinamool Congress-run Gurapashla gram panchayat in the Nabagram police station area. Samsul Arfin, the upa-pradhan, made the fake job cards for his relatives, as many as 13 of whom are Bangladeshi nationals, officials said. For the same beneficiaries, by changing the names Jobs were allegedly created in various areas and the money was withdrawn from banks and post offices. ATM cards were also used to make withdrawals.
The former BDO filed a police complaint against which a first information report (FIR) was registered in December 2019. However, there has been no progress in the police probe although a year has passed. “It is for the police to complete the probe and take legal action. I cannot say why the police did not make any arrest,” Pankaj Das, the present BDO of Nabagram said. He added, “After joining duty, I got to know that the former BDO completed the internal probe and lodged an FIR against the accused at Nabagram PS under Sections 486,406,409,420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code".
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