A survey by rights activists in Jharkhand has detected the presence of mule accounts allegedly used by middlemen to siphon off Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme funds in Latehar district.
Mule accounts are either set up through false paperwork by using a stolen or manipulated identity or belong to a legitimate customer who has allowed criminals to use the account.
The survey carried out under the aegis of NREGA Sahayata Kendra, Latehar, revealed that bank accounts of beneficiaries who have not done any work under the rural job scheme are being used by middlemen in the district to siphon off MGNREGS funds.