Former Gujarat cadre IAS officer BD Ninama was arrested on Tuesday for running bogus ‘Irrigation Project Division’ in Bodeli since 2016 when he was posted as the additional collector in the district, said police.
Police have said teams will be sent to the sites of 100 projects commissioned through fake offices to siphon off around Rs 18.60 crore from the grants under the "tribal sub-plan" in the Dahod district.
The fake government office was allegedly run by "conman" Sandeep Rajput, who posed as an executive engineer, according to police, along with his accomplice Abu-Bakr Saiyyad, a government contractor. Both of them were arrested last week.
Identified as Ankit Suthar, the accused arrested from Vadodara allegedly worked in connivance with "conman" Sandeep Rajput, who posed as an executive engineer, and his accomplice Abu-bakr Saiyyad, said officials. They were both arrested last week.
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