Rs 81 crore stipend scam surfaces from Karnataka's Medical College, ED conducts searches
Karnataka- A coordinated search operation was carried out in the Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College (MRMC) stipend scam in Karnataka, where the ED's Bengaluru office seized electronic records and documents from seven premises in Kalaburagi district, an official said on Monday.
The three-day search operation was conducted on April 30, May 1 and May 3 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, to probe the alleged misappropriation of Rs 81.21 crore under the stipend scam.
In the search operation, the ED targeted properties of former president of Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society (HKE) Bhimashankar Bilgundi, former dean of MRMC Medical College, Gulbarga, Dr SM Patel and accountant of the college, Subhash Chandra.
Speaking to IANS, the ED said that during the search operation, incriminating evidence was seized in the form of electronic records containing Excel sheets containing details of blank signed cheques received from PG medical students and cash withdrawn by the college management from the bank accounts of the students.
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