Welfare Secretary booked for allegedly misappropriating ₹2.17 lakh meant for pensioners
A Welfare Secretary in Malkapuram has been booked by police for allegedly misappropriating over ₹2 lakh intended for pension beneficiaries. The official reportedly failed to distribute the funds to 64 pensioners and subsequently abandoned his post.
Why it matters
This case highlights issues of corruption and administrative accountability in local government welfare distribution systems.
The Malkapuram police have registered a case against a Welfare Secretary of a ward secretariat for allegedly failing to distribute pension amounts to 64 beneficiaries and not depositing the undistributed money with the secretariat.
According to the police, I. Devudu Babu, Welfare Secretary of the Janata Colony Secretariat in Malkapuram, was entrusted with ₹3 lakh on October 1 for distributing pensions to 80 beneficiaries.
Of the 80 pensions, Mr. Devudu Babu allegedly distributed the pension amounts to only 16 beneficiaries, totalling ₹83,000. He allegedly failed to distribute the remaining amount of ₹2.17 lakh meant for 64 pensioners.
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