Odisha Panchayat government officer suspended for embezzling Harishchandra Yojana funds

By Express News Service

KENDRAPARA: A panchayat government officer of Kuranti Gram Panchayat was suspended on Saturday for misappropriating funds below the Harishchandra Sahayata Yojana. The Block Development Officer (BDO) of Rajnagar block in Kendrapara district suspended Chandan Das for falsely placing 11 dwelling individuals on the ‘dead’ record.

On Thursday, a number of individuals of the panchayat dropped at the BDO’s discover the alleged rip-off the place dwelling individuals have been proven as useless, after which the administration launched an investigation. Harishchandra Sahayata Yojana was launched by the State authorities 4 years again for the poor who couldn’t afford the cremation bills of their kin. Under this scheme, the federal government offered `2,000 to the household of a useless individual.

“During the investigation, we came to know that the panchayat executive officer had misappropriated funds under the Harischandra Sahayak Yojana by falsely describing 11 living persons as dead for which he has been suspended,” BDO Rabindra Pradhan mentioned.