2 IAS officers booked for fund fraud

Patna | Wednesday | 21st February, 2018

Summary:

Green Leaf is a Gaya-based firm which was the alleged supplier of plants to Lakhisarai. Tuntun has alleged that government funds were disbursed on the basis of forged master rolls of workers and forged supply vouchers,” a Lakhisarai police officer told TOI over the phone. “The embezzlement took place between 2012-2013 and 2017-2018. The CJM passed the order on February 16 on a complaint case filed on the basis of information sought through an RTI application by one Tuntun Singh.Besides the two bureaucrats, Green Leaf Energy Private Limited proprietor Manish Dayal has also been made an accused in the FIR. Patna: An FIR has been lodged against current and former Lakhisarai DMs Amit Kumar and Sunil Kumar respectively in connection with alleged embezzlement of several crores of rupees meant for plantation of trees under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act scheme.Amit Kumar is a 2012-batch IAS officer while Sunil Kumar, currently posted in the state social welfare department as director, is six years senior to him in the all-India service.Police said the FIR was lodged by the Town police station in Lakhisarai on Tuesday on the orders of Lakhisarai CJM Narayan Das Sharma..