Nine people from the town of Bhiwandi were caught cheating after they misused the funds granted to them to build toilets under the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’.
According to Thane Police public relations office or PRO Sukhada Narkar, a case under various sections of the law has been registered against the accused persons.
Nine people had applied for benefits under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan subsidy in 2015 following which a site inspection was carried out and each of the accused was granted funds of Rs. 6,000 each totalling Rs. 54,000 to build toilets.
The toilets were never constructed. Further inspection revealed that the nine had cheated the corporation of Rs. 54,000 and the money were given to them was used for personal purposes.
Police gave the name of the accused as Rajit Bharti, 24, Sudharshan Jakanni, 48, Anjana Dayavat, 67, Jyoti Chavan, 27, Srikrishna Jha, 43, Balayya Gundu, 70, Accrual Kanojia, 38, Rajendra Ghavane, 48, and Nanhelal Gupta, 37, all residents of different localities in Bhiwandi.
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