IT, CBI get their act together

Official sources on Friday said the case was lodged against M/s Me Divet and its partners, Nirmala Prasad, Anita Prasad, Sharad Kumar and S K Sinha for starting criminal proceedings against them for violations of IT Act.

The department filed another case against Birsa Livestock Seeds and Additives and its partners, Siddarth Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Anita Prasad and S Kumar.

The IT has simultaneously issued show cause notices tosuppliers Dipesh Chandak and Sanjay Sinha asking why prosecution would proceedings not be started against them for violating the Income Tax Act.

The sources said much importance was being attached to the issuance of the notice as the Calcutta-based supplier Chandak has already turned a CBI approver in the fodder scam case.

Meanwhile, the CBI chargesheeted three accused — the then Godda Treasury officer Rakesh Kumar Sinha, the then Treasury accountant Bal Krishna Dubey and scrutiny clerk Bhaskar Dubey — in a case relating to fraudulent withdrawals of more than Rs 37 lakh from the Godda Treasury by the State Animal Husbandry Department officials through “forged and fake” bills.

In another case, the agency filed a chargesheet against Manjubala Jaiswal (supplier), Kedarnath Ram, the then accountant of the regional director’s office Girish Kumar Sinha, statistical supervisor Diwakar Sharma, the then Treasury officer (Hazaribagh) Arun Kumar sinha, an assistant and Gopal Ram, accountant of HazaribaghTreasury.

The case deals with fraudulent withdrawals of over Rs 20 lakh from the Hazaribagh Treasury.

In the third case relating to similar withdrawals of around Rs 25 lakh from the Hazaribagh Treasury, the agency submitted a chargesheet against Diwakar Sharma, Gopal Ram, Nawal Kishore Prasad, Arun Kumar Sinha and Kedarnath Ram (all suppliers) and Krishan Mohan Prasad, former assistant director, AHD, Ranchi.