PANAJI
In a major development, the State government on Friday handed the over Rs five crore fraud case of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to Crime Branch for further investigation. The case was currently handled by the Porvorim police, who had so far arrested five people.
Sources confirmed that the government has handed over the case to Crime Branch and Porvorim police station is directed to hand over all case details.
The Goan had exposed Rs five crore fund misappropriation in SSA. The Central government funds were meant to support primary education were siphoned from the official account.
While two were arrested in May, three more accused were arrested earlier this month. All are from West Bengal.
“Investigation has revealed that the two accused had procured bank details, SIM cards, ATM cards of account holders, and supplied them further to their co-accused, who are also being presently tracked. In return, the arrested accused received money from time to time,” Porvorim police had said.
