Criminals and employees of Azamgarh jail allegedly siphoned off money from accounts; 4 arrested:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Police have made a major disclosure in the Azamgarh District Jail's cheque embezzlement case. They have arrested four accused involved in the fraud. It was reported that the money was withdrawn using a forged signature and seal of the jail superintendent. Two jail employees, along with two inmates, withdrew government funds from the bank and pocketed their own share.

According to reports, Jail Superintendent Aditya Kumar filed a complaint with the Kotwali police station alleging that ₹52,85,000 had been fraudulently withdrawn from the prison's government account. On October 9th, Senior Assistant/Accounting Officer Mushir Ahmed was asked for information regarding the remaining funds sent to BHU for treatment at Varanasi, but he expressed ignorance.

On this, when the account details were sought from Canara Bank, Kotwali branch, it was found that this amount was transferred to the account of prisoner Ramjeet Yadav alias Sanjay son of Ramashra Yadav, resident of village Jamua Sagar, police station Bilariaganj, district Azamgarh.

Investigation revealed that Ramjeet Yadav, who was released from jail on May 20, 2024 after serving his sentence, committed this fraud in connivance with his fellow prisoner Shivshankar Yadav alias Gorakh, son of Lalji Yadav, resident of village Chakmeuvan, police station Rani ki Sarai, district Azamgarh.

The staff made a plan in collaboration with the prisoners.

Shivshankar, who was posted as a writer in the accounts office while he was in prison, along with jail employees Mushir Ahmed, son of late Sameer Ahmed, resident of village Kanauja Khurda, police station Phulpur, district Prayagraj, currently residing in District Jail Azamgarh, and Awadhesh Kumar Pandey, son of late Jugul Kishore Pandey, resident of village Sahatwar, police station Sahatwar, district Ballia, currently residing in District Jail Azamgarh, stole the Superintendent's checkbook and hatched a plan to withdraw money by using fake signatures and seals.

The Kotwali police station has registered a case in this entire incident. After an investigation, late Saturday night, Sub-Inspector Dal Pratap Singh and his team detained all four accused from the Kotwali police station premises.

Bullet and other items purchased with embezzled money recovered

Madhuban City Superintendent of Police Kumar Singh stated that a Bullet purchased with embezzled funds, a mobile phone, a photo of a bank check, a bank statement, and a fake district jail seal were recovered from the accused, Ramjeet Yadav. During interrogation, he admitted spending ₹2.5 million on his sister's wedding, purchasing a Bullet for ₹3.75 million, and paying off a loan with ₹1 million. The remaining ₹23,000 in his account has been placed on hold by the police.

During interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime

Accused Mushir Ahmed, the jail accountant, spent his share of ₹7 lakh, Shivshankar Yadav spent ₹5 lakh, and Awadhesh Pandey spent ₹1.5 lakh on personal and household expenses. During interrogation, all four accused confessed to using the jail superintendent's forged signature and seal to fill out blank checks and transfer the funds to their accounts.