Assam: Badarpur BDO Files FIR Against Junior Engineer for Alleged Rs 35 Lakh Embezzlement and Signature Forgery

A correspondent

Silchar: Samsul Alom, the Block Development Officer of Badarpur had filed an FIR with the Badarpur police against Zakir Hossain, a junior engineer of the Panchayat and Rural Development department of Sribhumi. Hossain was accused by Alom of falsifying his signature and taking out Rs 35 lakh from the Badarpur Block Development account.

Meanwhile, Zakir Hossain who was working as a junior engineer at Machhli Model Village project under the Badarpur Block had reportedly fled away from the district. The police had already initiated a probe against him. Meanwhile more such allegations against Hossain had started to surface. He was allegedly involved in siphoning off at least Rs 1.5 crore from various blocks in Sribhumi district. Surprisingly Hossain had been accused of duping former Minister as well as the South Karimganj MLA Siddeque Ahmed of Rs 5 crores from his MLA fund.

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