The former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang, prime accused in the Rs 1,000-crore public distribution system (PDS) scandal that came to light in 2004, he was arrested and sent for remand in the police custody today.
Gegong Apang, aged 61, was arrested in Itanagar by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) constituted by the Gauhati High Court, and charged under IPC Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 409 (criminal breach of trust), read with sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
"We have registered eight cases in connection with the scam. So far 50 persons have been chargesheeted, of which 30 have been arrested. Today we arrested former chief minister Gegong Apang on the basis of material evidences and oral depositions made by a number of witnesses including several of the co-accused," M S Chauhan, SP, SIC, told The Indian Express over the phone from Itanagar.
Chauhan said Apang was the kingpin of the scam. "You cannot expect clerks and transportation contractors to misappropriate a huge sum like Rs 1,000 crore without the involvement of big and influential people," he said.
The cases pertain to huge anomalies including forgery and fraud that took place in the PDS in Arunachal between 1995 and 2004.The case was brought to national attention by a four-part investigation published in The Indian Express in May 2005.
The forgery and fraud took place at two levels: (i) payment of huge sums as reimbursement of Hill Transport Subsidy and Road Transport Charges from the Government of India for transporting PDS items to the state, and (ii) showing delivery of PDS items without actually reaching them to the people.
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Source: Indian Express
Gegong Apang, aged 61, was arrested in Itanagar by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) constituted by the Gauhati High Court, and charged under IPC Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 409 (criminal breach of trust), read with sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
"We have registered eight cases in connection with the scam. So far 50 persons have been chargesheeted, of which 30 have been arrested. Today we arrested former chief minister Gegong Apang on the basis of material evidences and oral depositions made by a number of witnesses including several of the co-accused," M S Chauhan, SP, SIC, told The Indian Express over the phone from Itanagar.
Chauhan said Apang was the kingpin of the scam. "You cannot expect clerks and transportation contractors to misappropriate a huge sum like Rs 1,000 crore without the involvement of big and influential people," he said.
The cases pertain to huge anomalies including forgery and fraud that took place in the PDS in Arunachal between 1995 and 2004.The case was brought to national attention by a four-part investigation published in The Indian Express in May 2005.
The forgery and fraud took place at two levels: (i) payment of huge sums as reimbursement of Hill Transport Subsidy and Road Transport Charges from the Government of India for transporting PDS items to the state, and (ii) showing delivery of PDS items without actually reaching them to the people.
Read more on How Gegong Apang Looted Arunachal Pradesh
Source: Indian Express
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