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Priyanka Nayak, the then gram panchayat officer of Jangal Dhushan village of Pipraich area of Gorakhpur district, was arrested by the police on Thursday evening and sent to jail on charges of embezzlement by misappropriating Rs. There is an allegation on Priyanka Nayak that in the name of Prime Minister’s residence, seven lakh 20 thousand rupees were embezzled from the beneficiaries.
According to the information, Priyanka Nayak, the former Gram Panchayat Officer of Gram Panchayat Jangal Dhushan, had allotted the Prime Minister’s residence to six ineligible people under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Seven lakh 20 thousand rupees were embezzled in the name of these houses. On the complaint of the case, Block Development Officer Charganwa conducted the investigation.
On finding the truth in the investigation, on September 21, 22, the present Village Secretary Advocate Kumar had filed a case under Section 409 of the IPC. Priyanka was absconding after the trial. Meanwhile, station in-charge Suraj Singh got information that he was present at his sister’s place, a resident of Raptinagar in Shahpur police station area. On this, he along with SSI Rajkumar Singh, Sub-Inspector Jai Prakash Yadav and women police personnel raided Priyanka’s sister’s house and arrested her.
SP City Krishna Kumar Bishnoi said that the former Gram Panchayat officer was absconding in the case of rigging. The police team was deployed for the arrest. The team has arrested and sent the Gram Panchayat officer to jail.
