Rajkot: An assistant in-charge of ration fund of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Kutch district was booked on Sunday for allegedly siphoning off Rs 26.11 lakh before becoming untraceable in 2016.
The accused Muhammed Umar Yasin was later declared absconder by the BSF.
According to the FIR lodged by the BSF at Gandhidham βAβ division police station on Sunday night, Yasin was taking care of ration procurement and managing funds as assistant in-charge of ration fund at the BSF campus in Gandhidham in 2016.
Yasin used to procure bills from grocery shops, got them cleared by the BSF authorities and siphoned off the amount, instead of making the payment to the grocers or traders, said police. βHe (Yasin) had committed the fraud between January 3, 2016 and June 18, 2016,β said J N Chawda, sub-inspector with Gandhidham A division police station.
Yasin had gone absconding since June 18, 2016. The accused is from Asara village of Bagpat taluka in Uttar Pradesh.
A complaint against him was lodged after grocery store owners started making inquiries for their due payments. Yasin has been booked under sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
According to police, after Yasin became untraceable, the BSF instituted an inquiry against him for his unauthorised absence from duty and had also informed the police back then.