Azamgarh, Jan. 15 -- The Azamgarh district administration has taken major action in connection with a large-scale financial fraud in the District Jail by registering a case under the Gangster Act against six accused. The action was approved after a joint meeting chaired by District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr. Anil Kumar on Wednesday.
According to SSP Dr. Anil Kumar, the scam came to light in October last year, when it was found that Rs 52.85 lakh had been fraudulently withdrawn from a government account through collusion among senior jail accounting officer Mushir Ahmad, inmates Ramjeet and Shiv Shankar, and jail guard Avadhesh Pandey. The entire amount was illegally transferred into the bank acc...