The Kotwali police Srinagar has registered a case against the headmistress and the management committee of Modern Junior High School, Srinagar under section 420, 467, 468 and 120 B of Indian Penal Code regarding fund embezzlement charges. The police registered case on the report of one Shiv Dutt Baaganwal, resident of Upper Bazar, Srinagar. The sub-inspector Rishiram Raturi is investigating the case.
The Srinagar Kotwali police told The Pioneer that on the report lodged by the Shiv Dutt, stating that the headmistress and management committee of the school had misappropriated government funds given for the construction of the kitchen of the institution. Shiv Dutt alleged that the expenditure bill had been forged to hide the siphoning off process.
Shiv Dutt said that the constriction of the kitchen had not been given to any working agency. The Government had given Rs1,48,200 to the school for the construction of the kitchen.