The Jagan government has been primarily focused on unearthing any sort of discrepancies that took place during the Telugu Desam Party’s rule, in the last term. It is now being said that another scam has been identified by the YSRCP government in the CMRF, relating to the siphoning of funds in the CMRF.
The ACB is learnt to have unearthed a major scam in the diversion of funds released under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund by manipulating the list of beneficiaries. Nearly 50 people, including the personal assistants of MLAs, are said to be involved in the scam. Jagan is said to have asked the ACB to dig deep into the scam, and get to the bottom of it, and recover the entire amount from those accused.
This large scale siphoning of funds is said to have taken place in 2014, with the accused reportedly swindling the SMCRF funds by producing fabricated documents in the name of non-existent beneficiaries. Some of the accused have been taken into custody and are being inquired, and 88 files are said to have been found to be fake, with the accused reportedly siphoning nearly Rs. 117 Crores. The ACB has been inquiring into the scandal since May this year.