CBI team reaches Saharsa to probe Srijan fund scam

B N Singh Pappan

Saharsa: A two-member CBI headed by DSP Rajiv Ranjan began probe into Rs 664 crore Srijan fund scam in Saharsa district on August 27, 2017. The CBI team reached Saharsa on August 26 night. The CBI team will stay at Sahara for a few days.

On August 27 morning, the CBI team first visited the confidential section of Saharsa DM’s office and then also visted Civil Court to collect some information. It also visited Special Land Aquisition office located at Kosi colony but since only a class four staff was present there, it returned from there immediately. The CBI team then reached Saharsa branch of Bank of Baroda located at Purav Bazaar but had to return empty handed from there too as the shutters of the bank were down. The CBI team then visited Sadar police station, Saharsa, and held discussion with SHO, Bhai Bharat, for 15 minutes and gathered latest information about police investigation into the scam.

The Srijan fund scam, which started at Bhagalpur, had spread to Saharsa and some other districts as well. Saharsa DM Vinod Singh Gunjiyal had formed an SIT to investigate into the scam. AN FIR was also lodged with Sadar police station on August 17 in this connection. The SIT had detected transfer of Rs 162 crore from the government acount into the account of Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited, a Bhagalpur based NGO. The CBI has so far registered 14 FIRs in connection with the scam.