100 crore treasury scam exposed in chitrakoot 95 accounts involved

Updated: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:12 (IST) A scam of around Rs 100 crore took place in the accounts of 95 retired teachers from 2018 to 2025 in the treasury division of Chitrakoot. Fake payments were made in the name of pension and salary. The case came to light when a suspicious entry was found in a woman’s account. The investigation is continuing and so far Rs 22 lakh has been recovered. Jagran Correspondent, Chitrakoot. A shocking scam has come to light in the treasury department of the district, in which government funds worth about Rs 100 crore have been embezzled by misusing the accounts of 95 retired teachers from the year 2018 to 2025. brokers and treasury employees. District Magistrate Shivsharanappa GN said that the government-level probe has been handed over to a three-member team, including Additional Director Pension and Senior Treasury Officer. A report will be submitted based on their investigation. No culprit will be spared. The layers of the scam were revealed when Kamla Devi, a resident of Khandeha village Mau, suddenly got information about a suspicious entry of Rs 31 lakh in her bank account. When she reached the treasury office and inquired, the officials became suspicious. The investigation that began after this revealed that it was an organized financial crime, in which similar fake transactions were made in 95 accounts. Treasury staff deliberately chose the accounts of retired teachers who were not technically proficient. Such elderly teachers do not regularly monitor their bank statements or transactions. In some cases, teachers did not even know that money worth lakhs had come into their names and had already been withdrawn. According to departmental sources, the money was sent to the accounts by repeatedly showing payment in the name of the same teacher and then it was withdrawn through brokers. However, sources say the investigation revealed that treasury employees prepared fake payment orders. Government money was transferred to the bank accounts of real people, and then the money was withdrawn from those accounts. Old inactive accounts and records were also misused for this. This disruption was done in such a systematic way within the government system that no one had a clue for years. It wasn’t until the special audit team scrutinized the records a week ago that the entire game was exposed. So far, the role of three treasury employees has been found suspicious, out of which two employees are also active in real estate business in the district. It is suspected that a large part of the fraudulent money was invested in real estate. Sources say all the senior treasury officers and employees posted since 2018 have been summoned and are being interviewed. It also came to light in the scam that transactions ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 96 lakh took place in some accounts within a year. The question arises as to why the Income Tax Department did not pay attention to such a huge transaction? The department, which in normal cases sends notices for small amounts, continued to ignore this entire transaction. After the scam came to light, investigation into the bank accounts of more than three thousand pensioners of the district was started in the treasury. There were discussions between the district magistrate, superintendent of police, treasury officer and government advocates on the matter for more than 12 hours, but the report could not be submitted. Senior treasury officer Ramesh Singh said that Rs 22 lakh has been recovered from seized accounts so far. Chief bank manager Anurag Sharma said in the list of 95 bank accounts received from the treasury, the investigation has so far confirmed irregularities of more than Rs 10 crore, but this figure is likely to reach Rs 100 crore. Even though the report has not yet been submitted, the police are watching these treasury employees. Some people even say that 12 people were arrested and questioned. There are some people among them who have withdrawn money from their accounts.