Ongole: 9 held for swindling BC Corporation

Ongole: The police arrested nine people, including the former Executive Director and other employees in the BC Corporation for misappropriating funds under the Aadarana scheme, on Tuesday.

The details of the case are as follows. Arapikatla Nageswara Rao worked as the Executive Director of BC Corporation in Prakasam district in 2019. On his transfer, the office staff failed to hand over the cashbook to the new ED Nagamuni.

Upon insisting, the staff revealed that they didn't receive the vouchers and bills for the cash the earlier ED and others withdrew through cheques. Upon complaint from ED Nagamuni, the BC Corporation MD ordered an inquiry by an officer from the State office.

The officer, in his inquiry, found that former ED Nageswara Rao and other staff swindled the corporation money to the tune of Rs 50.10 lakh. He mentioned in his report that Rs 9 lakh was withdrawn by the former ED, Rs 8.05 lakh was withdrawn by AEO A Srinivasa Rao, Rs 45,000 by DBCWO PV Anjaneyulu, Rs 11,48,500 by junior assistant Y Yedukondalu, Rs 8.90 lakh by Kapu Corporation data entry operator V Rajesh, Rs 10,02,500 by another operator BY Kamaleswara Rao, Rs 1,24,500 by A Lakshmaiah and Rs 95,000 by Ch Srinivasa Rao.

Based on the report, the Collector ordered the Ongole police to register the case, arrest the accused and recover the money.

Ongole Taluk CI M Lakshman arrested nine people out of the total 11 accused, including A Nageswara Rao, A Srinivasa Rao, PV Anjaneyulu, Y Yedukondalu, BY Kamaleswara Rao, A Lakshmaiah, Ch Srinivasa Rao, T Jahnavi, Shaik Jilani and announced that V Rajesh is absconding.

He said that they need to investigate more people to establish charges on another accused B Gowthami to arrest her. He said that they would continue the investigation and arrest the remaining accused and others involved in the case soon.