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Guwahati : Three persons including a junior engineer were arrested by police in connection with multi-crore rupees Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) scam in the Assam's hills district Karbi Anglong.
According to the reports a case (34/2011) was registered under section of 409 IPC at Baithalangso police station for alleged siphoning of MGNREGA fund of Rs 59 crore in Ronkhang development block in the hills district.
The Hamren police on Friday night had arrested a junior engineer Latika Saikia Chetia from her house at Beltola Survey area in Guwahati.
Police also arrested a Village Development Council (VDC) member Rika Timungpi and Gram Sewak Mizi Engleng in connection with the multi-crore rupees scam.
The sleuths of Hamren police said that, several government officials under state rural development department had siphoned crores of rupees under the employment scheme in the development block by fake job cards, fake muster rolls, fake development schemes.
The case was registered after complaint submitted by a person name Ramsing Ronghang.
Local media reports that, the arrested junior engineer had purchased huge quantity of lands, buildings like assets in Guwahati.
'We have taken the matter very seriously and will probe about the assets purchased by the junior engineer,â€Â a top police official said.
Meanwhile, several organizations of Karbi Anglong demanded to initiate a high level probe into the MGNREGA scam in other development blocks in the hills district.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
