Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 29 2010:
Even though the entire amount of Rs 4.54 crore withdrawn fraudulently from the Churachandpur branch of United bank of India had been recovered through the initiative of the Army, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has processed for reopening the case.
Mention may be made that pressure from the Army had led to a Kuki armed outfit, which is a signatory of operation signatory agreement, and allegedly involved in the fraudulent withdrawal to return the whole amount after hectic parleys.
The amount meant for execution of Central sponsored multi-sectoral development programme (MSDP) in Churachandpur including water supply and housing schemes was withdrawn from the UBI account of District Rural Development Authority's Executive Engineer.
An informed source said the CBI had already begun investigation into the matter through formal registration of a case on March 23 .
It is also worth mentioning that soon after the fraudulent withdrawal came to the fore, police detained some staff of the Bank whose interrogation resulted in the identification of the SoO signatory armed outfit, involved in withdrawal of the huge amount in six phases.
with the Deputy Commissioner (CCpur) intimating preliminary report of the case to the State Government the Army authorities were approached to do the needful for recovery of the siphoned MSDP fund.
consequently authorities of Churachandpurbased 27 Assam Rifles established contact with the UG group and after intense pressure the money was returned through the Army authorities.
In another development, the source said an individual has been rounded up by the Lilong police yesterday in connection with loss of over 100 LPG cylinders.
Identifying the individual as Md Faroque of Lilong, the source said Faroque dissappeared after collecting cylinders with the pretext of supplying filled cooking gas.
Another Bengali individual is also said to be involved in the case.