The principal of a Basic Education department school in Firozabad has been booked for allegedly siphoning off Rs 11.46 crore from the mid-day meal scheme, police said.
The principal used fake documents to register a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and siphoned Rs 11.46 crore from the mid-day meal scheme with the help of officials and staff of his department and banks, the Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) at Agra, Alok Sharma, said on Tuesday.
"A case of corruption has been registered against the teacher of the Basic Education department of Firozabad district, Chandrakant Sharma. He is a resident of Shikohabad in Firozabad district. He is working as a principal at a primary school in Jajupur in Tundla in Firozabad district," SP (Vigilance) Alok Sharma, said.
He said the principal was booked on July 27 along with a few other employees of the Basic Education Department and banks at the Vigilance police station in Agra.
According to investigating officer Amar Singh, along with Chandrakant, many other departments were also involved in this scam. Many banks, the Education Department, mid-day meal coordinator, post office, Agra Housing Development Council, Firozabad Municipal Corporation, deputy registrar Chit Fund Registration and Toronto Power were also involved in this fraud.
Chandrakant Sharma swindled the money through 'Saraswat Awasiya Shiksha Sewa Samiti', an NGO registered in Shikohabad in Firozabad.
"The non-governmental organisation was registered in 2007 at the office of the deputy registrar of Firms, Societies and Chits in Agra. He used fake ration cards and identity cards to register the NGO," Sharma said.
According to the FIR, the school principal had made his father the president of the NGO, his mother the manager and secretary, and his wife the treasurer. He also gave positions to other family members and relatives in the NGO. Later, he declared the death of some members of the NGO, including his mother, police said.