Enforcement Directorate to start separate probe into Srijan scam

The Asian Age.

India, All India

The ED, sources said, will initiate its probe on the basis of around 25 FIRs registered by the CBI into the matter.

Sources said the ED will register separate cases under the stringent provisions of the money laundering act to probe the scam.

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set initiate its separate probe into the multicrore Srijan scam in Bihar in which government funds worth several crores were allegedly diverted to the accounts of a non-government organisation.

The ED, sources said, will initiate its probe on the basis of around 25 FIRs registered by the CBI into the matter.

Sources said the ED will register separate cases under the stringent provisions of the money laundering act to probe the scam . Sources further said the case will be registered against Bhagalpur based-NGO--Srijan Mahila Vikas Samiti for allegedly transferring funds to accounts of the non-government organisation. The CBI has already registered cases against Srijan Mahila Vikas Samiti, its director (now deceased) Manorma Devi.

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