Uttar Pradesh: 7 years on, man held for Ra 27 lakh scam

LUCKNOW: A Maharashtra native, who fraudulently managed to get Rs 27 lakh scholarship money transferred from UP's social welfare department's account into his own, was on Sunday arrested after a seven-year-long chase by the Hazratganj police.
A team of Hazratganj police nabbed the fraudster, identified as Satyen Dhanji Sanwala, from Mumbai.
He allegedly got a bank account opened in the name of a scholarship being provided by the department to the needy students back in 2014.
Police investigator, Mahesh Shukla said a girl of Rajajipuram applied for scholarship under the pilot scheme of the state government for students of SC/ST category in 2014.
"But the girl did not get the scholarship and so she had to drop her education. During that period, a bank account was opened in Bulandshahar district in the name of the same girl and a cash of over Rs 27 lakh was transferred in the fake account in her name. The amount was later transferred in the bank account of the accused in Maharashtra," Shukla said.
He said the girl in whose name the bank account was opened and the accused had no link.
His act came to the fore after the department conducted an audit.
The case was finally lodged by joint director, Social Welfare Directorate, PK Tripathi at Hazratganj.
Shukla also said that involvement of those in the department could not be ruled out and the accused will be questioned on as to how he got the details of the girl applicant.
Satyen Dhanji was also jailed for Rs 4 crore fraud with a bank in Mumbai in 2016.