AMTRON money heist throws up many questions

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department into the AMTRON money heist case has thrown up several questions regarding the functioning of the state government undertaking. Recently the accounts officer of the Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON) Rahul Huzuri was arrested by the CID after an amount of Rs 2.57 crore went missing from the company's bank account.

During investigation it came to light that the amount of Rs 2.57 crore was transferred to multiple bank accounts through RTGS from AMTRON's bank account at the Bank of Maharashtra, Panbazar branch on November 8. The bank transferred the amount after getting a request from Huzuri's e-mail to transfer the fund.

During investigation it has emerged that Huzuri who was handling the accounts section of AMTRON was infact a contractual employee of the organization. Sources said that the investigation team was baffled by the fact that such a crucial department which dealt with cash and monetary transactions was being handled by a casual staff. Sources said that though Huzuri is the prime suspect, the CID has not ruled out the possibility of involvement of AMTRON officials in the money heist. According to sources fund diversion of such magnitude cannot take place without the involvement of insiders. Bank authorities have freezed the company's bank account after the incident.

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