Varanasi: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Varanasi unit late on Sunday arrested an auditor of Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN), Shripratap Singh, from Sonbhadra district on charges of embezzlement of funds amounting to Rs 7 crore in 2017.
EOW inspector Sunil Verma said after being arrested, Singh was brought to Varanasi on Monday and produced before the anti-corruption court, which sent him on a 14-day judicial remand.The formalities to take him on police remand for further investigation has started, he added.
According to EOW officials, a native of Rampur Barkonia area of Sonbhadra, Singh was posted as an auditor in RNN’s Varanasi unit in 2017. In the same year, RNN officials found large scale financial irregularities in a tourism department beautification project sanctioned by the state govt for Bhadaura block in Ghazipur district.
RNN had been appointed as an agency to execute the project. However, a huge amount of this multi-crore rupees project was found to be embezzled. After collecting details and evidence of the financial irregularities, senior RNN officials lodged an FIR against Singh at Gahmar police station of Ghazipur in 2017. Later, the case was transferred to EOW. With progress in investigation, EOW SP (Varanasi) Lal Sahab Yadav formed a team under Verma. The team raided Singh’s house and nabbed him late on Sunday.
EOW inspector Sunil Verma said after being arrested, Singh was brought to Varanasi on Monday and produced before the anti-corruption court, which sent him on a 14-day judicial remand.The formalities to take him on police remand for further investigation has started, he added.
According to EOW officials, a native of Rampur Barkonia area of Sonbhadra, Singh was posted as an auditor in RNN’s Varanasi unit in 2017. In the same year, RNN officials found large scale financial irregularities in a tourism department beautification project sanctioned by the state govt for Bhadaura block in Ghazipur district.
RNN had been appointed as an agency to execute the project. However, a huge amount of this multi-crore rupees project was found to be embezzled. After collecting details and evidence of the financial irregularities, senior RNN officials lodged an FIR against Singh at Gahmar police station of Ghazipur in 2017. Later, the case was transferred to EOW. With progress in investigation, EOW SP (Varanasi) Lal Sahab Yadav formed a team under Verma. The team raided Singh’s house and nabbed him late on Sunday.
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