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DIoS scam: AG?s report confirms fraud
FINALLY, THE Auditor-General?s inquiry confirms that Rs 56 lakh was withdrawn fraudulently from the account operated by the District Inspector of Schools . Now, the onus lies with the state government to take action. The report also pulls up the police for its snail-paced investigation and the failure to identify those behind the scam. Accounts officer at the DIoS office, Shiv Singh, said although the report had been submitted to the government, they were not in receipt of any formal directives.
FINALLY, THE Auditor-General’s inquiry confirms that Rs 56 lakh was withdrawn fraudulently from the account operated by the District Inspector of Schools (DIoS). Now, the onus lies with the state government to take action.
The report also pulls up the police for its snail-paced investigation and the failure to identify those behind the scam. Accounts officer at the DIoS office, Shiv Singh, said although the report had been submitted to the government, they were not in receipt of any formal directives.
In 2004-05 the DIoS office was stunned to find Rs 56 lakh missing from one of its accounts. On inquiry, bank statements showed the money had regularly been withdrawn from the account through six cheques, which were signed by the then DIoS Umesh Tripathi.
Taking the case seriously, Tripathi had lodged an FIR with the Kohna police against unidentified persons. Investigations showed that persons involved in the fraud stole cheque leaves and forged Tripathi’s signature to take out the amount at regular intervals.
The only lead that the police have managed so far is to identify one Kuldeep for stealing cheque leaves.
A bank employee had revealed that Kuldeep had approached him to open an account in which the money was diverted. Kuldeep, he said, had left for Delhi and never showed up again.
On its part, the District Inspector of Schools suspended two employees and recommended action against another posted at Allahabad. But all of them were reinstated without charges being probed.
The Audior General report highlights all these aspects and asks for the speedy recovery of the money.
It also indicated at the shady role the District Inspector of Schools insiders played in the scam.
