Patna: A Patna police workforce arrested Rs15-crore toilet scam accused and previous public health and engineering department (PHED) executive engineer Vinay Kumar Sinha from a resort in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday night. Another accused within the case, Uday Singh, was also arrested near Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Uday is the office-bearer of Adi Shakti Seva Sansthan, an NGO involved within the scam.
Vinay and PHED cashier Biteshwar Prasad Singh had disbursed round Rs15 crore of central government's price range to Rita Kumari and Priti Bharti and 4 NGOs — Adi Shakti Seva Sansthan of Biharsharif, Maa Sarveshwari Seva Sansthan of Bakhtiyarpur, Satyam Shivam Kala Kendra of Jalalpur City and Shiv Seva Sansthan of Maner — for constructing toilets in rural spaces of Patna between May 1 and June 23 this yr. The toilets were never constructed.
Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj mentioned Uday has supplied to police a voice recording through which Vinay is threatening Uday's sister Suman Singh for destroying paperwork and different evidences related to the scam. "The threat to Suman was given just after Patna district administration initiated an internal probe to know how much money was illegally disbursed to the NGOs even though government had ordered for disbursal of funds directly into the beneficiary's bank accounts," the SSP mentioned. Altogether 21 accused, including Vinay, has been arrested within the scam till now.
He also mentioned investigation were on to grasp if to any extent further senior authentic, apart from Vinay, was involved within the scam or no longer.
Meanwhile City SP (Central) D Amarkesh mentioned Vinay had taken shelters in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and a few different puts prior to touchdown in UP.
"Till now it has surfaced that Rs4.65 crore was embezzled by Vinay. The police were verifying the accounts to ascertain who received how much from the embezzled funds," the SP mentioned.
Police mentioned the price range transferred to the financial institution accounts of the NGOs were further transacted into the accounts in their house owners' relatives from where Vinay and Biteshwar used to get money. The modus operandi was used to flee scrutiny of monetary transactions achieving back to them.
"Vinay has amassed huge immovable property, including several flats in several cities across the country," Amarkesh mentioned, including that police were also looking to collect information about a mall at Saguna Mor in Danapur through which Biteshwar had made investment.
Police mentioned they would quickly transfer court docket for police remand of Vinay and Biteshwar for further interrogation.
Vinay and PHED cashier Biteshwar Prasad Singh had disbursed round Rs15 crore of central government's price range to Rita Kumari and Priti Bharti and 4 NGOs — Adi Shakti Seva Sansthan of Biharsharif, Maa Sarveshwari Seva Sansthan of Bakhtiyarpur, Satyam Shivam Kala Kendra of Jalalpur City and Shiv Seva Sansthan of Maner — for constructing toilets in rural spaces of Patna between May 1 and June 23 this yr. The toilets were never constructed.
Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj mentioned Uday has supplied to police a voice recording through which Vinay is threatening Uday's sister Suman Singh for destroying paperwork and different evidences related to the scam. "The threat to Suman was given just after Patna district administration initiated an internal probe to know how much money was illegally disbursed to the NGOs even though government had ordered for disbursal of funds directly into the beneficiary's bank accounts," the SSP mentioned. Altogether 21 accused, including Vinay, has been arrested within the scam till now.
He also mentioned investigation were on to grasp if to any extent further senior authentic, apart from Vinay, was involved within the scam or no longer.
Meanwhile City SP (Central) D Amarkesh mentioned Vinay had taken shelters in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and a few different puts prior to touchdown in UP.
"Till now it has surfaced that Rs4.65 crore was embezzled by Vinay. The police were verifying the accounts to ascertain who received how much from the embezzled funds," the SP mentioned.
Police mentioned the price range transferred to the financial institution accounts of the NGOs were further transacted into the accounts in their house owners' relatives from where Vinay and Biteshwar used to get money. The modus operandi was used to flee scrutiny of monetary transactions achieving back to them.
"Vinay has amassed huge immovable property, including several flats in several cities across the country," Amarkesh mentioned, including that police were also looking to collect information about a mall at Saguna Mor in Danapur through which Biteshwar had made investment.
Police mentioned they would quickly transfer court docket for police remand of Vinay and Biteshwar for further interrogation.
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