47 people were declared dead — not once, but 280 times — to siphon off ₹11.26 crore from snake-bite relief funds in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh.
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00:0047 people were declared dead 280 times and a scam of Rs. 11 crore and 26 lakhs.
00:06In Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, officials found the same names were used 280 times to get snakebite relief funds.
00:12For instance, Dwarka Bai officially died 29 times. She claimed relief of Rs. 1.16 crore.
00:19Every fake death got Rs. 4 lakhs claims. That's over Rs. 11.26 crores and 10 lakhs.
00:29Revenue and accounts officers suspect 37 people and 21 are already behind bars.
00:36The scam ran from 2019 to 2022 until an audit in the same year blew the lid off.
00:42Sachin Dahayat, a Keolari clerk, reportedly got the amount sanctioned in the name of 280 people
00:47by showing their deaths due to snakebite, drowning and lightning and deposited in the bank accounts of his relatives and acquaintances.
00:54The investigation report called for legal action against SDM Amit Singh Bamrolia and four tahsil daas who served in Keolari between 2019 and 2022.
01:12Authorities have not found if the 47 people whose names were being used to claim benefits were even dead.
01:17No postmortems and no death certificates were found.
01:19Nope.
01:20Steffing up and no death certificates will help.
01:21Alright.
01:22Look back.
01:23Your nod for putting inos and no death certificates are always happened.