Cops of the Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department (CB CID) claimed to have arrested a Basic Siksha Adhikari in Pratapgarh after an enquiry revealed his involvement in financial bungling of several lakh rupees during his posting at Rampur in the same capacity. A case was registered against the accused and he was send to jail.
Reports said that the accused identified as Syed Tazammul Hussain, during his posting in Rampur had purchased 146
sewing machines at an exorbitant rate to install in 73 schools of the district running under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, a scheme launched by the
Union government to eliminate illiteracy, sleuths of the CB CID informed. They claimed that Hussain had paid Rs 10,000 for each machine which were available at Rs 4,000 per machine in the market, thus causing a loss of Rs 7.75 lakhs to the state exchequer.
Earlier the matter regarding the bungling was brought to the notice of lokayukt Justice (retd) N K Mehrotra, who subsequently initiated a probe into the incident.During the enquiry, it was found that the BSA had managed fake bills from two traders belonging
to Barabanki and lucknow and on the basis of said fraudulent documents, the enhanced payment were withdrawn. Further investigations are on in the matter and CB CID claimed that some more arrests are likely to be made in the coming days.
Meanwhile a bank manager and two others have been arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 7,000 from a farmer in Gonda. Reports said that manager of Allahabad Bank, Auradeeh Branch, Ramesh Verma, a peon and a facilitator were arrested by a CBI team during a raid for
demanding Rs 7000 as bribe from the farmer. The farmer had filed a complaint that the Bank Manager was demanding bribe from him for making his Kisan Credit Card. The team also took some documents in their possession and brought the trio to lucknow for further action.
In one more incident, a Samajwadi Party MP from Chandauli, Ram Kishun Yadav surrendered before a local court on Saturday in connection with a six-year-old case of violation of model code of conduct registered in the district. He surrendered before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court, which granted him bail. The case pertains to violation of model code of conduct during the 2007 elections in the State. Ram Kishun Yadav, who was contesting from Mughalsarai Assembly seat had allegedly took out a procession in violation to the norms. The court had issued non-bailable warrant against him on July 3, his counsel Anil Singh claimed.