Six arrested for scholarship scam

HYDERABAD: Six persons, including the prime accused R Motia Naik,were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the pre-matric scholarship scam.
Naik, along with a few social welfare and audit office, staff allegedly siphoned off Rs 4 crore meant for distribution among Dalit and backward community school children.
The other arrested are Ganesh Rathod, K Venkateswara Rao, T V Sastry, R Praveen Chandra, and A Prasad Rao.
Though Naik’s wife Vijaya Lakshmi also taken into custody on Tuesday itself, she was reportedly let off later in the evening.
Vijaya Lakshmi also figured as an accused in the scam. A couple of senior city police officials have apparently directed the Central Crime Station personnel to release her from the custody.
When contacted, the CCS assistant commissioner of police Mohammad Ismail said the police teams had been asked to verify the handwriting of Vijaya Lakshmi before arresting her.