Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: SIT was formed to investigate the scam related to misuse of funds given for tablets in West Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave this information on Friday. CM Mamata said the government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the fraud in which government funds sent to students’ bank accounts for purchasing tablets or mobile phones were diverted to other bank accounts.
Six accused arrested
At Bagdogra airport in the state’s north, Mamata Banerjee said six accused have been arrested in the case. The state government had sent Rs 10,000 to the bank account of every higher secondary student studying in government schools to buy a tablet or a mobile phone, but due to alleged irregularities, many of them did not receive the amount.
CM said that SIT has been formed. Our administration is very strong. They have already arrested six people and whatever is necessary will be done. The group involved in this case is from Maharashtra and Rajasthan. These groups exist in almost every other state. He said the government has started giving money to all those who had not received it.
10 members of the SIT will investigate the case
According to information, the police have formed a 10-member SIT to investigate around 105 cases in Kolkata. The SIT has registered three new FIRs in the last 24 hours, taking the number of FIRs to nine. Fresh complaints were lodged at Bhawanipur, Golf Green and Jorabaghan police stations. Till Tuesday, six FIRs were registered in Jadavpur, Kasba, Sarsuna, Maniktala, Beniyapukur and Watgunge.
According to reports, 12 students from a school in Jadavpur, 31 from Thakurpukur, 10 from Kasba, 40 from Jorasanko and 5 from Beniyapukur did not receive the funds. Two people have been arrested from Chopra in the case registered at Sarsuna police station. The money was deposited into their accounts and both claimed that they were paid Rs 300 for every transaction of Rs 10,000. Chief prosecutor Saurin Ghoshal of the Alipore Police Court said more people are involved in this scam. The court has remanded the detainees in police custody until November 25.
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