India News | Maha: Former Sarpanch and Gram Sevak Booked for Embezzling Govt Fund
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A case of embezzling government funds worth Rs 50 lakh was registered against a former gram sevak and a sarpanch in Jalna district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.
Jalna, Aug 31 (PTI) A case of embezzling government funds worth Rs 50 lakh was registered against a former gram sevak and a sarpanch in Jalna district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.
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The then gram sevak Pradeep Tambale and then sarpanch Gangadhar Kharat of Dongaon village allegedly embezzled Rs 49.91 lakh during 2012-2020. The funds had been sanctioned under the 14th Finance Commission and the Swachh Bharat Mission for the development of the village, a police official said quoting the First Information Report (FIR) registered on the complaint of the Jafrabad Panchayat Samiti Development Extension Officer.
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Tambale and Kharat prepared bogus documents and embezzled the funds, according to the police.
A case was registered on the charges of cheating and the criminal breach of trust, the official said, adding that no arrest is made so far.
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