In another case of fraud in the MNREGA scheme that provides employment in rural areas, the sarpanch, secretary and employment assistant of Jhirnya district Piparkheda Naka Panchayat replaced the photograph of the worker with that of actress Deepika Padukone on the job card.
More than 10 such cards have been used where the pictures were replaced and lakhs have been withdrawn using such job cards.
The incident came to light after the entitled beneficiaries searched online after they didn't receive their money and found their fake job cards. Photos of actresses were put on fake job cards with their names, and the amount was also withdrawn.
Monu Dubey, one of the victims of the fraud, says that after putting a photo of Deepika Padukone on the job card, thirty thousand rupees were withdrawn in his name, even though he did not go to work. This sequence continues every month.
Similarly, by putting a photo of actress Jacqueline Fernandez in front of Sonu's name, the amount was extracted by creating a fake job card.