Bhagalpur: The CBI, which is probing the multi-crore Srijan scam, has for the first time charge-sheeted a senior district official, former deputy development commissioner (DDC) Prabhat Kumar, and 13 others, mostly bank officials.
Prabhat Kumar, Bhagalpur DDC in 2013, was chargesheeted for involvement in fraudulent transfer of over Rs 90 crore from the accounts of Mukhyamantri Gramudyog Yojana and grants from the 13th and 14th finance commission for backward region development in Bank of India and Indian bank to the account of Srijan Mahila Vikash Samity.
Sources said nearly Rs 8,796,070, for schemes under the 13th finance commission, were deposited into the account at Indian Bank in Bhagalpur. The cheque bearing Prabhat's signature was transferred into the account of Srijan Mahila Vikas Samity. The CBI had earlier found Prabhat, zilla parishad nazir Rakesh Kumar, late Monorama Devi and Indian Bank officials responsible for the scam.
The CBI also chargesheeted 13 others in the case, including the chief manager of Bank of Baroda's regional office in Purnea, Barun Kumar (not arrested).
Also chargesheeted were branch manager of Bank of Baroda's Bhagalpur branch Navin Kumar Saha (not arrested); Amrendar Sahu of Bank of Baroda's Ganganagar branch in Odisha; zilla parishad nazir Rakesh Kumar (in jail); former Indian Bank branch manager Devshanker Mishra (not arrested); former assistant branch manager of Indian Bank, Praveen Kumar (not arrested); former assistant branch manager of Indian Bank Subroto Das (not arrested); former Indian Bank accountant Ajay Kumar Pandey (arrested); assistant branch manager of Indian Bank, Ram Krishna Jha (not arrested); former Bank of Baroda accountant Sant Kumar Sinha (not arrested); Bank of Baroda manager Atul Raman (arrested); and Srijan Mahila Vikash Samity manager Sarita Jha (arrested).
In August 2017, then executive officer (in-charge) of the zilla parisad, Apurba Kumar Madhukar, registered a case of illegal withdrawal from the zilla parishad's accounts with Tilka Manjhi police station; the CBI later took over.
