Fraudulence alleged
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 23 2022:
In an alleged case of financial fraud, money deposited at the bank account of job card holders from Changamdabi village under Andro Constituency were allegedly found withdrawn without the consent of the account holders.
Reportedly, bank accounts of the job card holders under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are all opened at the Porompat branch of Manipur State Cooperative Bank.
Reportedly, the job card holders discovered about the withdrawal of the money after submitting their KYC forms and took out bank statements.
In the statements, it is also written that the money was withdrawn by the account holders themselves.
It is reported that amount ranging from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 had allegedly been withdrawn from about 50 job card holders from Changamdabi village.
Today, a number of job card holders went to the bank to inquire about the alleged scamming.
Speaking to media persons, former PRO of Andro AC MLA Th Shyamkumar, Imran Shah said that he learnt about the incident yesterday and it was shocking.
"How can money be withdrawn from the bank accounts without the consent of the account holders," he said.
Saying that the 'fraudulent activity' might have been carried out after a high level collusion, Imran urged the State Government and authorities concerned to examine whether any officials of the bank or the Pradhan or Member of the Gram Panchayat had a hand in the incident.
Imran claimed that the Manager of the bank seems to be avoiding the job card holders as he is not yet available for an audience.
He said that a complaint will soon be registered at the concerned police station.
Changamdabi has over 1,000 job card holders and there was a report of sanctioning of about Rs 2 crore for the job card holders of the Gram Panchayat, he added.