EOW searches premises linked to bishop in MP, recovers Rs 2 crore

BHOPAL/JABALPUR : The Madhya Pradesh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Thursday searched the office and residential premises of one of the most senior officials of Church of North India (CNI) in an alleged forgery case and recovered nearly Rs 2 crore in cash and foreign currency, the agency said on Thursday.
EOW has booked Bishop P C Singh — moderator of CNI in India — following a complaint that accused him of swindling over Rs 2. 7 crore collected as school fees from the diocesan schools. Singh was said to be in Germany at the time of the raid.
Officials seized around Rs 1. 65 crore in cash and around Rs 14 lakh worth of foreign currencies from the bishop’s house, as per an official release. A currency counting machine had to be fetched from a nearby bank to count the seized cash. EOW DG Ajay Sharma said the matter is being probed from various angles, including the “origin of foreign currencies”. Singh is also accused of alleged cheating and forgery to change the leadership of the diocesan education board.