Suspicious deposits: 1,700 Jan Dhan bank a/cs in UP under scanner

Suspicious deposits: 1,700 Jan Dhan bank a/cs in UP under scanner

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 12:21 AM IST
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New Delhi: About 1,700 Jan Dhan bank accounts in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district have come under the scanner of the Election Commission-deployed surveillance teams for receiving suspicious deposits during the poll season, officials said.

They said about Rs 10,000 each, totalling about Rs 1.7 crore, have been deposited in these accounts over the past few days and the instances have come under the scanner of investigative and intelligence agencies for possible abuse by political candidates as bribe to voters. The Income Tax department has launched an investigation into the issue, along with other agencies deployed to check black money and illegal inducements to voters during the ongoing polls in the country.

The EC has sought a report from the agencies and they have informed it that the bank concerned in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh has been asked for a report and preliminary inputs suggest the money was deposited by banking correspondents, they said. The next level of probe is on, the officials said, adding it could be a case of some government scheme money or funds being deposited in these accounts.

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