RANCHI: In yet another revelation of fraud in Maiyan Samman Yojana linked to West Bengal, as many as 95 applications were made seeking benefits of the scheme giving a single bank account number for all of them. During the investigation, it was found that the bank account of Yusuf, a resident of Patagoda, Barakhanti in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, was used 95 times. This fraud came to light when the Social Security Department, on the instructions of the Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav, conducted the physical verification of the beneficiaries. The applications giving bank accounts in West Bengal resident was made in different names and from different blocks. Out of a total of 95 applications, 67 were made from Chas Block while 28 were from Gomia Block of Bokaro district. Not only that, titles of tribal communities like Kisku, Hansda and Murmu were used after the names of the fake applicants to make it look natural and sensitive. The ration cards given with the application were also found fake. These applications were also approved by the BDO/CO level officers. After the matter came to light, payment of to these beneficiaries has been stopped and an order to file an FIR has been issued in this regard. “There are more than 11000 applications made on the fake ration cards in Bokaro which is still under investigation. After the investigations are over I have ordered to file an FIR against the bank account holder and the CSC operator as well, who made the made application in fake names like Murmu, Hansda, Kisku and Mandal,” said the Bokar DC. Many such cases have been found where the accounts were opened in West Bengal, entry was made in Palamu and the money is coming to Bokaro, she added. According to the DC, there several cases are being investigated where one bank account is linked to 95 applicants, in some cases it is linked to 68 applicants and in some, it is linked to 78 applicants.
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