Assam, March 8 -- The Supreme Court has released IAS officer Sewali Devi Sharma on bail, formerly the head of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).

In May 2023, Sewali Devi Sharma, along with Ajit Paul Singh, Rahul Amin, and a hotel housekeeper were arrested by the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell (SVC) on suspicion of misappropriating Rs 105 crore in government funds while she was the director of SCERT, Assam.

The Rs 105 crore SCERT scam centers around the misuse of funds allocated for a Diploma in Elementary Education course under the Open Distance Learning (ODL) system. Devi is accused of transferring funds from official bank accounts to other employees' accounts and then withdrawing the money.

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