21 teachers arrested in Assam for misappropriation of minority students' scholarship funds

Guwahati: As many as 21 teachers across Assam have been apprehended by the CID on Monday after multiple search operations for the embezzlement of minority students' scholarship funds.

Officials today revealed details of the investigation and further stated that misappropriation of Rs 10 crores was carried out in the pre-matriculation scholarship.

According to the reports, a team of 51 police personnel is currently conducting an investigation in different districts of the state in connection to the case and more arrests are likely to be made in the future.

During the raids today, 7 accused each have been apprehended from Goalpara and Darrang, six from Kamrup metro, and one from Dhubri, an official said.

Out of the 21 accused, two are women, four are head-teachers, three are owners of CSP, one is a teacher, two inspectors of school in the education department, and ten brokers, the officials added.

Furthermore, 3 laptops, 217 photographs, 100 certificates, and eleven passbooks have been seized as well, the officials said.

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The investigation in the alleged scam was conducted by the CID after a complaint was registered by one Mamud Hassan.

Mamud Hassan on August 28 lodged a complaint against misappropriation of the Pre-Matric Scholarship fund for minority community students for the years 2018-2019 to 2019-2020.

The Pre-Matric Scholarship fund for minority community is a central sector scheme implemented by the government for students who score 50% marks and whose parents' annual income does not exceed Rs 1 lakh are eligible to apple.

The scholarship at the pre-matric level will encourage parents from minority communities to send their school-going children to school, lighten their financial burden on school education and sustain their efforts to support their children to complete school education.

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