Remand for fraud on the run
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 29:
The erstwhile (Suspended) Treasury Officer-in-Charge of Thoubal, Ahmed Ali who was implicated in falsely withdrawing about Rs 1.72 crores in the name of genuine as well as dead pensioners was arrested yesterday and remanded to three days police custody after he was produced before a Court of Law.
The accused then serving as the Treasury Officer-in-Charge had fraudulently withdrawn a sum of Rs 1.72 crores in the name of genuine pensioners as well as pensioners who had already passed away.
The fraudulent withdrawal of the pension started from January 2007 till June 2007 .
After the State Finance Department got wind of the fraudulence, the job of investigating the matter was entrusted to the State Vigilance Department, said a source.
The case was also referred to the Enforcement Directorate through the Union Finance Department, said the source.
Informing that Ali has been booked under the Money Laundering Act, the source said that everything fell into place after going through the vouchers.
The State Vigilance Department has also probed the nexus between the said accused and some officials of the UBI, Thoubal branch, said the source and added that the Vigilance Department has lodged a case under FIR 1 (1), 08, VPS.
The case was first taken up after the office of the Accountant General detected certain anomalies during the conduct of the Special Audit.
Ali was suspended earlier after the case was exposed.