B N Singh Pappan
Saharsa : Senior Treasury Officer (STO), Saharsa, on August 17, 2017, lodged an FIR with Sadar Police Station (PS), Saharsa, regarding fraudulent transfer of over Rs 162.9 crore of Specil Land Acquisition Department into the account of Bhagalpur based NGO Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti between March 28, 2012, to July 29, 2013.
The Senior Treasury Officer has requested police to investigate as to under whose signature the aforesaid amount was transferred into NGO Srijan’s account and what role the Special Land Acquisition Office, Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti, Saharsa and Bhagalpur branches of Bank of Baroda played in it. The STO, Saharsa, has also also asked police to find out where did the interest amount go. The STO has informed police that the statement regarding the transaction of Rs 162.9 crore seized from Special Land Acquisition Office were found fake during investigation conducted by the SIT. The Saharsa branch of Bank of Baroda has also confirmed it, according to the FIR.
The STO, in his FIR, has said that Srijan Founder Manorma Devi, the then Branch Manager, Bank of Baroda, Saharsa, and then Branch Manager, Bank of Baroda, Bhagalpur, and other bank employees, the then Special Land Acquisition Officer, Saharsa, under whose signature the amount was transferred to Srijan’s account, and the then Accountant and Head Clerk appear to be suspect in the scam. Saharsa DM Vinod Singh Gunjiyal wondered under whose signature Savings Account of Special Land Acquisition Office was opened in Bhagalpur Branch of Bank of Baroda.
It may be mentioned here that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on August 17, 2017, recommended for CBI probe into the Srijan fund scam. Police have so far arrested 12 persons including District Welfare Officer, Bhagalpur, and Manager, Srijan, Sarita Jha.