Rajput allegedly posed as the Executive Engineer using forged signatures and a government department seal to secure a government grant, assisted by 10 others.
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.
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