The govt officer (EE) of Bodh Gaya municipal council was arrested on Tuesday in a case of embezzlement or ₹60 lakhs whilst posted at Sasaram municipal council. After her arrest from Sherghati in the Gaya district, she was brought to Sasaram, to be produced earlier than a courtroom on Wednesday, superintendent of police (SP) Ashish Bharti said.
Himani was EE of Sasaram municipal council until 2020 and was booked in criminal instances after a probe with the aid of using district authorities discovered her involvement in gross irregularities and embezzlement of ₹60 lakhs assigned for urban development.
The probe found that Himani and different officers complicit withinside the alleged fraud had withdrawn the fund towards forged master rolls of schemes that had already been finished years in the past using MLA nearby region development fund.
Following the findings, Sasaram’s cutting-edge EE Abhishek Anand registered cases towards Kumari Himani, junior engineers (JE) Arun Kumar Singh and Mahant Pandey and chairperson Kanchan Devi accusing them of forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy in furtherance of common intention below Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120 B and 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Himani turned into arrested by her husband and block improvement officer (BDO) Prashant Kumar Prasun’s house. Municipal council chairperson (leader councillor) Kanchan Devi turned into arrested in advance on June 18 however the accused JEs have been at large.