Jammu, May 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has uncovered another massive scam involving misappropriation of crores of rupees meant for the post-matric scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Jammu.
Earlier similar scam was detected in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
In the post-matric ST students scholarship scam, the then Director of Tribal Affairs, M.S. Choudhary, along with owners of several private computer institutes, has been booked for allegedly diverting government funds through fake student lists and bogus training records. The accused institutions operated without proper accreditation and received direct payments from the government without verification. The scam, which occurred between 2014 and 2018, ...