Rs. 700 Cr Scam In Sheep Distribution Scheme: ACB’s Investigation Reveals
Hyderabad, June 1 (Maxim News): A crucial development has taken place in the sheep distribution scheme scandal. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)’s latest investigation has revealed that the value of this scam is around Rs. 700 crores.
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The ACB officials arrested the CEO of Animal Development Corporation, the former MD of the State Sheep and Goat Development Association Ramchander Naik, the former Minister of Animal Husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadav, and the former OSD Gundamaraju Kalyan Kumar on Friday. After interrogating these two, the ACB concluded that such a huge scam had taken place. Initially, the ACB started an investigation after receiving a complaint that around Rs. 2.1 crores of cash had been diverted.
Ten accused have already been identified in this case and six have been arrested. Until now, officers at the level of joint directors and assistant directors have been arrested, now a CEO-level officer, former minister, and former OSD have been arrested. Ramchander also served as Director of the Animal Husbandry Department earlier.
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In the wake of the ACB investigation, the government removed him from the post in February and appointed him as the CEO of the Animal Husbandry Development Corporation. It is known that the Gachibowli police first registered a case with the allegations of misappropriation of the funds allocated for the sheep which were to be distributed to the beneficiaries.
ACB has registered an FIR and started an investigation as the matter of officials’ adultery is linked. Animal husbandry officials took the beneficiaries of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh and bought sheep from the sellers there. The money due to vendors was diverted to Benami’s accounts.
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After it was found that brokers and private individuals were set up and diverted Rs. 2.1 crore. ACB investigated what happened to those funds. Investigating the benami clients revealed the role of brokers and officials. ACB officials found that Moinuddin, who acted as a contractor for the purchase of sheep, played a key role in this scam.
As soon as he was arrested, he fled to Dubai. Based on the information and records collected from those who have already been arrested, the role of Ramchander and Kalyan has become clear. It has been revealed that both of them have given instructions to the Joint Directors of Animal Husbandry Department and other officials across the state to buy sheep with the help of brokers and private individuals.
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They were arrested on Friday and produced in Nampally ACB cases court. The court remanded them to Chanchalguda jail for 14 days. (Maxim News)
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