The Assam CID has prepared over 7000-page long charge sheet in connection with misappropriation of fund for minority scholarships.
The CID PS Case No. 20/2020 under sections 120B/406/409/419/420/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) added section 66C/66D of Information Technology Act has been related to the misappropriation of Government fund meant for the pre-matric scholarship for students belonging to minority communities.
The case was registered on the basis of a written FIR lodged on 28 August, 2020 by Mahmood Hassan, Director, Assam Minorities Development Board, and State Nodal Officer, Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minorities, Assam.
During the course of the investigation, several facts were revealed which led to the amalgamation of CID PS Case No. 19/2018 and Case No. 23/2018 with the instant case as per orders dated 01-12-2020 of the Court of CJM, Kamrup(M), Guwahati.
32 people have been arrested in connection with the case. This includes four headmasters, two EDPs (Electronic Data Processor), two Assistant Teachers, 2 Presidents of SMCs (School Management Committee), 8 owners of CSPs (Customer Service Points) of Banks and 14 Middlemen.
65 seizures were done during the investigation by CID. These seizures include (1) Laptops-14 (2) Mobile Phones- 13 (3) Hard Disk- 02 (4) CPU-01 (5) DVR-01 (6) Finger Print Scanner-01. Further, a large number of incriminating documents from a number of districts of Assam have been recovered.
The arrested accused persons who have been charge-sheeted are:
1. Hanifuddin Ahmed,
2. MamudMehbuburRahman,
3. Sahidul Islam,
4. Haidar Ali Ahmed,
5. Burhan Ali,
6. Md. ManuharBadsa,
7. Shah Mamud Imran Ali,
8. Md. Zakir Hussain,
9. Md. Samsuddin Ahmed,
10. Md. Achimuddin Ali,
11. Nur Mohommad Ali,
12. Sirajul Haque,
13. Nur Alom,
14. Burhanuddin Ahmed,
15. Fulbor Rahman,
16. Soleman Hussain,
17. Kabir Hussain,
18. Seikh Nazrul Islam,
19. Shajida Khatoon,
20. Abida Begum,
21. Hafiza Khatoon,
22. Zakir Hussain,
23. Abdul Baten,
24. Sukum Uddin,
25. Ushob Ali,
26. Robiul Islam,
27. Jahangir Alom,
28. Abdul Kader,
29. Abdul Razzak Ali Ahmed,
30. Abu Mucha Ahmed,
31. Mustafa Ahmed,
32. Ashraf Ali