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In course of investigation into the case, 33 more people were made accused.“Altogether 22 accused are behind bars, while one accused has been released on bail. PATNA: The Patna high court on Thursday called for the case diary of the toilet scam of Patna while hearing the anticipatory bail petition of Vijay Kumar and regular bail petitions of Shiv Kumar Jha and Praveen Kumar.The scam came to light last year when the then Patna DM Sanjay Kumar Agarwal detected abrupt disbursals of funds to the tune of Rs 15 crore by the PHED office in Patna within two months. Police have procured orders for attachment of property against four accused while a couple of the remaining 19 accused have procured HC orders for no-coercive action against them,” Mishra said. The special vigilance court-I in Patna rejected his anticipatory bail petition on February 27 this year,” Mishra said.“Jha, assistant branch manager with State Bank of India’s Garhhatta Kala branch in Buxar, was posted at the bank’s main branch at Gandhi Maidan in Patna at the time of the scam. Praveen is husband of Suman Singh who was secretary of Adi Shakti Seva Sansthan of Biharsharif in Nalanda,” Mishra said and added the bench of Justice Arun Kumar was hearing the regular bail petitions of Jha and Praveen.Police sources said 13 people, including PHED executive engineer Vinay Kumar Sinha and cashier Biteshwar Prasad Singh, were named as accused in the FIR lodged on November 2 last year..