Jharkhand/Ramgarh: A scam of about Rs 25 lakh in Ramgarh District Welfare Office has come to light on Saturday. This scam has been done through Amjad Hussain, the supplier of Pashudhan Yojana. In this scam, the employees of IDBI Bank and the personnel of the Welfare Department gave full support to Amjad Hussain. This matter was revealed when District Welfare Officer Siddharth Shankar Choudhary lodged an FIR at Ramgarh police station. He told the police that in the financial year 2023-24, illegal withdrawal of Rs 24 lakh 81 thousand 600 has been made from the amount of Mukhyamantri Pashudhan Yojana. This illegal withdrawal has been done on the basis of fake signature.
Under no circumstances, the beneficiaries were to be paid directly
District Welfare Officer Siddharth Shankar Choudhary has given full information about the scam to Ramgarh Police. He told that on November 11, 2023, 358 beneficiaries were selected by the committee. The District Welfare Office had received about Rs 94 lakh from the state government for pig farming, goat farming, backyard layer poultry, boiler poultry and duck farming. This money was kept in IDBI Bank and it was instructed not to pay directly to the beneficiaries.
Fake signatures on five letters between February and April 2025
The District Welfare Officer said that the signatures on five letters were fake. He said that all the letters are not recorded in the incoming and outgoing register of the year 2025. The signature of the District Welfare Officer on all those letters is also fake. The signatures on those letters are also different from the sample of signatures sent to the bank. The District Welfare Office issued letter number 1342 and asked the bank on the orders of which letters the bank has transferred that much amount to the accounts of those people. The entire investigation was also done by sending office worker Amit Kumar Das to the bank. The bank showed letter number 631 and it was found to be different from the original copy of the letter. That letter is related to 98 beneficiaries of the rearing list. A lot of difference was also found between the letter received in the bank and the letter registered in the office.
Amjad Hussain tampered with the office letter
The District Welfare Officer said that letter number 331 was made available to Amjad Hussain for depositing in the bank. But Amjad Hussain tampered with it. He completely changed the original list of 98 beneficiaries of the duck rearing category and put a new list according to his own. The signature of the District Welfare Officer on that list was also fake. The signature of the Chief Assistant was found on each page. According to the original list, the beneficiaries were to get only Rs 1700 for duck rearing. But in the list changed by the supplier Amjad Hussain, the amount of boiler poultry rearing and backyard layer poultry rearing was mentioned as Rs 67,500 and Rs 1,18,200. The same amount was paid by the bank on those five letters which were not recorded in the incoming and outgoing register. The bank transferred the money to the account of supplier Amjad Hussain of village Amwaitkar police station Latehar. A total of 24 lakh 81 thousand 600 rupees were transferred to his account.
When the supplier received threats from the office, he returned one and a half lakh rupees and fled
District Welfare Officer Siddharth Shankar Choudhary said that when the supplier came to know about the fraud, he was able to return only one and a half lakh rupees. After this, he absconded and also switched off his mobile number.
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