Dr K K Kaushik
Muzaffarpur : A five -member team of Economic Offence Unit (EOU) headed by its IG J S Gangwar on August 9, 2017, reached Bhagalpur by a plane and started its investigation into illegal drawal of Rs 10.26 crore from the Indian Bank. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar had recently ordered for an EOU probe into the scam feared to be worth Rs 250 crore. The EOU team has started quizzing some officials of the Indian Bank and NGO `Srijan Mahila Samiti’ at Bhagalpur Circuit House besides looking the the related documents.
On the direction of Bhagalpur DM Adesh Tetarmare, an FIR was lodged with Tilkamanjhi police station on August 7, 2017, against some officials of Indian Bank officials and Srijan Mahila Samiti in connection with illegal drawal of Rs 10.26 crore meant for Urban Development schemes. The SSP had constituted an SIT comprising five members to investigate into the scam. Police also sealed all the bank accounts od Srijan Mahila Samiti.