Archive · 22 May 2025
Officials Arrested in Rayagada for Rs 20 Lakh MGNREGS Misappropriation
Imagine some money was set aside to build small ponds for farmers, but instead of building the ponds, some people took the money.
Four officials were caught doing this in a place called Rayagada, India.
They pretended to dig 23 ponds, but they never actually did.
They took over Rs 20 lakh, which is a lot of money, from a government program meant to help people find jobs.
The officials made fake documents to steal the money.
The police are now looking into it, and they think more money might have been stolen than they initially thought.
They are checking to see how much more money was taken and if anyone else was involved.
Four officials in Rayagada district, India, were arrested for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 20 lakh.
The arrests were made by vigilance sleuths following complaints of corruption within the MGNREGS.
Officials are accused of falsely documenting the excavation of 23 farm ponds that never existed.
Funds were disbursed to job card holders and later withdrawn, indicating fraudulent activity.
The investigation is ongoing, with authorities suspecting the extent of the scam could be much higher.
- Who
- Rajendra Nath Naik, Jogendra Khosla, Deepak Kumar Sahoo, and Srikumar Nayak were arrested.
- What
- Four officials were arrested for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 20 lakh under MGNREGS.
- When
- Thursday, officials were arrested.
- Where
- Rayagada district, Kashipur block, India.
- Why
- Officials are accused of misappropriating funds meant for farm pond excavation.
- Location
- Rayagada district, India
- Amount Misappropriated (Detected)
- Rs 20 lakh
- Scheme Involved
- MGNREGS
- Number of Officials Arrested
- Four
- Purpose of Funds
- Farm pond excavation
- Number of Ponds Falsely Documented
- 23
- Period of Sanctioned Funds
- 2022-2024
- Total Funds Sanctioned
- Rs 3 crore (sanctioned)