Lucknow: A notice has been issued for recovery of Rs 1.37 crore given to six sacked teachers in Uttar Pradesh during their tenure. Last year, the Yogi Adityanath government dismissed them for using fake documents for job and an FIR was lodged against them. One of them is in jail, one has got bail, while four accused are being absconded.

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Earlier too, similar steps were taken to recover Rs 95 lakh from four teachers in Bahraich. The notice was issued to him by Omkar Rana, Basic Education Officer (BSA) of Shravasti district. They have issued notices to six teachers. Their names are Manoj Kumar (Rs 4.8 lakh) of Etah, Ram Kumar (Rs 13.6 lakh) of Firozabad, Shobhanath (Rs 33.3 lakh) of Sant Kabir Nagar, Rajiv Upadhyay (Rs 33.4 lakh) of Gorakhpur, Kanhaiya Singh (32.7 lakh) of Balrampur Rs) and Ajit Kumar Shukla of Bahraich (Rs 19.1 lakh).

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Rana has said, "all these six teachers were caught working with fake documents last year, after which they were dismissed and an FIR was lodged against them".

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