Five arrested for fraudulently withdrawing money from Assam CMs relief fund

Five people were arrested on Tuesday on charges of allegedly withdrawing money from the chief minister’s Relief Fund. A team of the chief minister’s special vigilance cell apprehended the five accused Ravindra Kumar, Sri Lalji, Mohammad Arif, Mohammad Asif and Sarvesh Rao. The five were arrested after the chief minister’s office detected a few unusual transactions in the relief fund account.

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 “On August 10, Assam chief minister’s office detected some unusual transactions in the CM’s relief fund account. Some fraudulent withdrawals were detected. CM instructed me to investigate the matter. On August 12, I filed a complaint and later a case was registered,” Rosie Kalita, Superintendent of Police, CM’s special vigilance cell told media persons in Guwahati.

“A preliminary investigation showed that the accused belong to Basti, Gorakhpur, and Lucknow. On August 27, we raided certain places in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh and apprehended five persons in connection with the case. We produced them in the court in Basti district and got them on transit remand,” Kalita added.

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