Woman head of NGO, 3 others held for housing scam
Hyderabad: A woman running an NGO and three of her associates have been arrested on the charge of cheating 2,700 people a total of Rs 8.1 crore after promising to build houses with overseas subsidy for them in neighbouring Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, police said Sunday.
K Krishnamma, Chairperson of Malyavi Karunodaya Society for people of Old age and Physically Handicapped, and the three others holding various posts in the society were arrested Saturday, a police release said.
Police recovered Rs 12.22 lakh cash and 'incriminating' material from their possession, it said. The fraud came to light after a labourer of Tangutur village lodged a complaint with the police.
According to the complaint, Krishnamma visited the village six months ago and assured that she would build double bedroom houses for poor people at a cost of Rs 7.5 lakh each with Rs five lakh as subsidy to be arranged from NRI donors.
The buyers need to pay only Rs 2.5 lakh, she had said and collected Rs 30,000 as advance from several people in the village. However, even six months after collecting the advance, the construction work was not started.
A case was registered based on the complaint and during investigation it came to light the accused had collected a total of Rs.8.1 crores from 2,700 people from different villages in the district by making the same promise.
A hunt was on to nab some other absconding accused, police added.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
