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The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) connected Monday arrested a erstwhile industries hold serviceman of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation successful transportation with a large fiscal fraud involving the misappropriation of ₹3.57 crore intended for self-employment subsidies.
The accused, identified arsenic Praveen Raj T.R., 37,who hails from Kanjiramkulam, was arrested by the Vigilance Special Investigation Unit-I. Although helium antecedently served successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, helium presently serves arsenic the sub-district industries serviceman for the Kollam taluk.
He has been remanded to judicial custody aft being produced earlier the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court.
The probe pertains to a task designed to supply subsidies for self-employment ventures for women successful the wide class during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Instead of distributing the ₹3.57 crore subsidy to genuine beneficiaries, the accused allegedly created forged documents to amusement the funds had been disbursed. The funds were diverted into assorted slope accounts belonging to a backstage steadfast owned by different accused successful the case, identified arsenic Sindhu.
Praveen is besides accused successful 2 different fraud cases wrong the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. While 1 lawsuit involves a misappropriation of ₹24 lakh regarding subsidies for women successful the Scheduled Caste category, the different involves a fraud of ₹1.14 crore related to self-employment projects for women from beneath the poorness enactment (BPL) families.
