Their helps fill in as SC pradhans,2 booked

The police have now booked both former pradhans under the SC/ST Act and other sections. Preliminary inquiry has shown that several lakh rupees were withdrawn for the development of the villages under the thumb impression or signature of the domestic helps. “We found that work was not done against the money sanctioned. The inquiry is still on,” said District Magistrate Surendra Singh.

In 2005,when the post of village pradhan in these two villages were reserved for SCs,the pradhans fielded their domestic servants. They ensured that their nominees were elected and started running the village affairs by proxy.