Kanpur: Three persons, including an employee of the social welfare department, have been arrested by the Barra police here. They have been held in connection with the marriage scheme scam. They were allegedly found to be involved in the misappropriation of the funds.
According to the news reports, a clerk of the social welfare department and the in-charge of the marriage grant, a fake applicant and a middleman have been nabbed.
All of the three persons have been booked under the relevant sections of IPC and sent to the jail after being produced before the magistrate.
Inspector Barra police station, Harmeet Singh, said in the case of fraud, one Shiv Govind, a resident of Vikas Nagar, Lucknow, and in-charge of the marriage grant board of the social welfare department was the culprit. Whereas, Pradeep Kumar Saini, who made the fake application, and the broker Shekhar Sachan, who acted as a link between the fake applicant and the panel in-charge, have also been arrested.
The three got funds meant for marriages by using fake applications. They agreed to divide the money among them.
It would be apt to mention here that the state social welfare department provides funds for the marriage of girls belonging to socially weaker sections. While the money was siphoned off in connivance with the employee, it has been uncovered.
