HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, May 4: Dibrugarh police arrested one accountant of Sarva Shiksha Mission (SSM) for siphoning Sarva Shiksha Mission funds into her own account.
The account has been identified as- Dhanti Gogoi Saikia. She has been working at SSM, Dibrugarh.
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According to police, Dhanti Gogoi siphoned off Rs 30 lakh beneficiary fund into her own account.
“Based on an FIR filed by the inspector of schools, we have arrested Dhanti Gogoi from her residence. We have started our investigation into the case,” said a police official.
Talking to reporters, Dibrugarh superintendent of police, Shwetank Mishra said, “We have arrested the account of SSM, Dibrugarh for siphoning off beneficiary funds and transferred it to her personal account in PNB, UCO and SBI. A case no 255/23 u/s 406/409 IPC was registered at Dibrugarh police station. Our investigation has been going on. Whoever is involved in this case will be booked under law”.
“During interrogation, she has revealed that she has used the fund for her personal use. We have verified and found that the account of SSM was involved in siphoning off beneficiary funds into her own account”.
