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Noida (UP): Five Home Guard officials, including a divisional commandant, have been arrested for their alleged role in the fraudulent withdrawal of salaries of the force personnel, police said on Wednesday. Their arrest comes a day after muster rolls (attendance logs) of all home guard personnel were found burnt in a box inside the office of the Gautam Buddh Nagar district commandant office of the Home Guard in Greater Noida. Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna said five accused have been arrested for their suspected role in the salary scam. "Home Guards' present Divisional Commandant Ram Narayan Chaurasia, who has earlier served as district commandant in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Assistant Company Commander Satish, and Platoon commanders Montu, Satveer and Shailendra have been arrested in the salary scam case," he said. An FIR was lodged against Home Guard officials for fraud and forgery over the fraudulent withdrawal of salaries of the force's personnel on November 13..