A case has been registered against three people in connection with the SC-ST post matric scholarship scam at Kohefiza police station in Bhopal. The accused gave benefits to people other than the beneficiaries and cheated by creating fake IDs.
After the CAG audit, a scam of Rs 5332166 came to the fore. The Assistant Commissioner of SC/ST Affairs Department has registered a case of fraud. Taking the matter into consideration, the police have called the accused for questioning.
SI Pradeep Gurjar told that clerk Kharak Bahadur Singh and peons Vinod Manjhi and Manoj Malviya, posted in the Scheduled Castes-Tribes Department in the collector's office of Bhopal, embezzled Rs 5332166 by fraud in post matric scholarship.
The accused made fake IDs of 22 people and faked them by paying Rs 4051900 while Rs 1158980 were looted by making double payment to 28 students. On the other hand, Rs 122096 was paid in the name of 6 such students who did not belong to SC-ST. In this manner a total of Rs 5332166 came to the fore. This scam has been going on for a long time. But in the audit conducted from 2017 to 2021, the matter was revealed.
After this the office formed the investigation team. After completion of the investigation, Awanish Chaturvedi, Assistant Commissioner, Scheduled Caste/Tribal Affairs Department, registered a case at Kohefiza police station. Taking the police matter into consideration, the accused have been called for questioning.