CM Suvendu Asks 12,000 Fake Housing Beneficiaries to Refund Money
· India · The Hindu, Telegraph India
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Friday that 12,000 individuals who fraudulently received housing assistance under the previous TMC regime must return the funds. Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal stated that 57,000 fake applications under the Banglar Bari project were delisted, with authorities having identified the subset who collected the money. Adhikari noted that 1,000 beneficiaries have already refunded the amount while legal action will proceed against non-compliant recipients. A Special Investigation Team headed by a retired judge and a CID probe have been constituted to investigate institutional corruption and officials who facilitated the fraud. Meanwhile, the government is advancing the second phase of the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana for 7,171 additional rural beneficiaries at a total project cost of ₹4,200 crore.
Why it matters
This crackdown targets systemic institutional corruption in rural housing schemes in West Bengal, recovering public funds while initiating accountability measures for officials involved in fraudulent disbursements.
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