Apr 29, 2021, 11:12 IST
AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh State government has decided to hand over the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) 2016 scam case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). State Home Principal Secretary Kumar Vishwajeet Wednesday issued orders to this effect.
A case under Sections 403, 406, 409, 420 of IPC was registered in 2016 at Kadapa One Town Police Station under CC No. 137/2016 on charges of misappropriation of Rs 1.64 crore at the EPF Kadapa Regional Office.
The CBI Hyderabad Regional Office registered a case in 2017 in this regard. The government has decided to hand over the investigation of the case to the CBI as two investigating agencies should conduct an investigation over one crime.