WHAT, WHEN AND HOW THE GREAT FODDER SCAM

THE GREAT FODDER SCAM

The Mechanics of Scam:

A fake allotment letter had  generated indicating a much higher allocation than the budgeted amount.

Fake allotments had sent to concerned treasuries and field offices from the Patna secretariat.

Field offices had generated orders for fodder, medicine, equipment far in excess of requirement.

Fake Challan’s were produced for supplies never made.

Field offices had issued fake receipts, acknowledging deliveries not made and cook up false inventories.

Based on fake delivery receipts, fake payment orders were issued but actual payments made by treasuries.

Anatomy of an official tour

A crucial piece of evidence came the CBI’s way vide the tour record of a clerk posted at the Secretariat in Patna in the Animal Husbandry Department.

Boards a night bus for Ranchi Arrives at Ranchi in the morning and boards the afternoon flight for Delhi. Lands at Delhi late in the afternoon and boards the Magadh Express bound for Patna.

This cycle would repeat itself every two months or so. There is no variation whatsoever.

Computerization of accounts enabled the AG to detect the pattern.

The input was passed on to the CBI, which interrogated the man, who spilled the beans.

His job was to collect treasury cheques from Ranchi and deliver them to suppliers at Delhi.

BUDGET PRESENTED BY LALU, NO ONE OPPOSED

Budget presented by Laloo Yadav as finance minister truthfully reflected the figures. But no questions were raised by legislators, bureaucrats or the media. The oddity, however started out of the budget documents related to the animal husbandry department.

An illustrative example:

45 crores last year budget estimate

42 crores in revised estimate

200 crores is the actual expenditure

48 croe next year budget….

Why the legislator, AG and Media mom on this (source outlook)