| Posted on: 2012-01-06/21:50:26 | India - Fraud & Cyber Crime News | Others/ |
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Indian police on Friday arrested two senior former officials and a trader in a widening probe into fraud linked to public health services in the state of Uttar Pradesh, an official told AFP. The scam involving millions of dollars is the latest in a string of scandals that last year triggered a nationwide civil protest movement against India’s deep-rooted culture of corruption. So far we have arrested a total of four people, three of them being former public servants,” said Dharini Misra, spokeswoman of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in New Delhi.Detectives have raided 60 locations over charges that some of a 10 billion rupees ($197 million) package of funds to revamp the state’s creaky health facilities was siphoned off. Uttar Pradesh, a vast state in northern India with a population of 200 million, goes to the polls in elections next month with populist Chief Minister Mayawati fighting to hold onto power. |
| Source: E T | Location : Mumbai |
