Rs. 25 lakh journey allowance deposited to non-public financial institution accounts as an alternative of worker accounts
Mysuru: After the huge land rip-off within the MUDA, involving hundreds of crores of rupees, and the unauthorised Khata registration of 10 acres of prime land by MCC officers with out verifying information, the most recent corruption deal to floor is the misuse of lakhs of rupees of public cash on the workplace of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP), Mysuru.
The most recent corruption incident on the KSRP Workplace provides to the rising string of scams in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s dwelling district, additional highlighting the rampant lack of accountability.
On the workplace of the KSRP fifth Battalion Commandant on Lalitha Mahal Highway, KSRP Head Constable C.R. Supreeth (Badge No. 275) stands accused of misusing public funds.
The misappropriation allegedly came about whereas Supreeth was aiding Ponnanna, First Division Assistant within the Journey Allowance Part of the Administrative Workplace, starting on Jan. 6, 2020.
Appearing on the orders of Commandant Doremani Bheemaiah, KSRP Inspector Pradeep Nayak lodged a proper grievance at Nazarbad Police Station on Sept. 4.
Private wage accounts
Since 2020, Supreeth has been accused of illegally transferring journey allowance claims into his private wage accounts — SBI 54057526242 and Financial institution of Baroda 74240100016133 — somewhat than crediting them to the employees’s accounts by means of Treasury-2 from the District Treasury, in keeping with Pradeep Nayak’s grievance. A preliminary investigation on Sept. 4, 2024, revealed that roughly Rs. 25 lakh had been misappropriated, with additional inquiries ongoing. Financial institution statements confirmed that the journey allowance funds have been certainly deposited into Supreeth’s private accounts, as said within the grievance.
Based on H.P. Madhusudan, the Workplace Department Superintendent, based mostly on a written grievance by Pradeep Nayak underneath the course of the Commandant, an FIR (No. 0123/2024) was registered towards Supreeth on Sept. 4 at Nazarbad Police Station underneath Part 316 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Arrest and bail
Following the registration of the case, Supreeth was arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Nevertheless, he has since been launched on bail, confirmed the Nazarbad Police.
Head Constable C.R. Supreeth, accused of misappropriating Authorities funds by diverting employees journey allowances into his private account, and FDA Ponnanna, charged with dereliction of responsibility, have been suspended by the KSRP fifth Battalion Commandant Doremani Bheemaiah, pending additional investigation.
The case has now been transferred from Nazarbad Police Station to the CID, Bengaluru, underneath the course of the KSRP ADGP, with the investigation underway, in keeping with the Police.