1 more held in Dibrugarh SSA funds misuse case

DIBRUGARH: Police on Friday arrested another official in connection with a financial scam at the Dibrugarh district Sarba Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) office.
Giyas Ali, the finance & accounts officer (FAO) of Dibrugarh Sarba Shiksha Abhiyan office, was arrested on charges of embezzlement of government funds. He was brought to the Dibrugarh police station on Thursday night and was arrested on Friday morning following several hours of interrogation. He has been booked under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant) of the IPC.
On Thursday, police had made the first arrest in the case. Dhanti Gogoi Saikia, an accountant of the Dibrugarh district Sarba Shiksha Abhiyan office, was nabbed for siphoning off fund to the tune of Rs 30 lakh. Gogoi was taken into custody from her residence in Dibrugarh's East Milan Nagar. She has been accused of transferring Rs 30 lakh of IRDF and Gunotsav funds to three of her personal accounts in Punjab National Bank, UCO Bank and SBI instead of the actual beneficiaries.