The Uttar Pradesh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has intensified its crackdown on financial crimes, arresting five individuals in two separate cases — one involving misappropriation of minority pre-matric scholarship funds in Meerut, and the other related to a Rs17.51 crore construction scam in Bahraich.
In the first case, Abdul Rahman, principal of Madrassa Khadijatul Kubra Lil Banat in Rukanpur, was arrested on Wednesday. Rahman had been absconding since 2019 and was wanted in connection with case number 60/2019, registered under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the BNS and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Investigations revealed that during the 2010–11 academic year, Rahman, in collusion with others, fraudulently siphoned Rs1,16,000 meant for minority students’ scholarships, causing a loss to the government exchequer.
In the second case, the EOW Lucknow arrested four accused — Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Meraj Ahmad, Pranshu Srivastava, and Nizamuddin — in connection with a construction fraud linked to the Maharaja Suheldev Autonomous State Medical College in Bahraich.
According to the case registered in Lucknow, the accused, in collusion with officials of Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam Limited, allegedly forged supply orders and cash vouchers, without delivering or purchasing construction material, and misappropriated Rs17.51 crore allocated for the project.
All five accused were arrested in Lucknow on August 13 after evidence confirmed their involvement. Legal proceedings are ongoing against other absconding suspects.
