MoS Karandlaje urges Shah to initiate detailed probe into Valmiki corporation scam

PTI, Jul 11, 2024, 4:30 PM IST

Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje has appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to direct central agencies to thoroughly investigate the illegal transfer of funds from the state-owned Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.

Karandlaje also highlighted the death by suicide of the Accounts Superintendent of the corporation, Chandrasekharan P, which brought the scam to light.

In his suicide note, Chandrasekharan alleged that a sum of Rs 187 crore belonging to the corporation was illegally transferred. This includes Rs 88.62 crore moved to various accounts of some IT companies and a Hyderabad-based cooperative bank, according to official sources.