DC Koderma K Ravikumar on Tuesday instructed officials to lodge FIR against three persons allegedly involved in a non-judicial stamp scam at Koderma. The trio - Ashok Singh, head clerk-cum-accountant, Mohan Kumar, peon, and Prakash Sinha, deed writer - have been found guilty in an inquiry ordered by the DC. Ravikumar had formed a three-member committee led by DDC Abhay Kumar Sinha.
The inquiry by Sinha found irregularities in the clearance of judicial stamps and chalans deposited at banks. He found differences in the chalans on a particular date and issued stamps on that day. It was found in the investigations that they filled an amount of Rs. 42 thousand on bank chalan and withdrew stamps of amount Rs 1 lac 42 thousand by putting digit 1 before 42 on the counter-foil of the chalan. The three member committee handed the investigation report to the DC on September 3 and DC ordered for FIR and departmental disciplinary action against the alleged. Notably, the DC has suspended both the staff of the department after they were found guilty. The matter is of withdrawal of judicial stamp from district treasury worth Rs. 31.38 lac with the help of factious chalans. The alleged have committed this big scam on different dates. The act was performed during the period June 2013 to July 2014.