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KBC Winner and Tehsildar Arrested for Alleged ₹2 Crore Flood Relief Scam in MP
Amita Singh Tomar and over 20 co-accused face charges including cheating and forgery after a Rs 2.5 crore flood relief fund diversion was uncovered by police.
- Amrita Singh Tomar, a tehsildar who gained national fame winning Rs 50 lakh on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', was arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in a Rs 2.5 crore flood relief 'scam'.
- Investigators allege the 2021 flood relief 'scam' involved Rs 2.5 crore siphoned into fake bank accounts for embezzlement, leading to arrests of 22 patwaris and one tehsildar so far.
- With 110 individuals named in the FIR, Tomar's legal options narrowed after both the High Court and Supreme Court rejected her appeals for anticipatory bail.
- Collector Arpit Verma removed Tomar from her Vijaypur post on Wednesday, and a police team subsequently arrested her at her home in Gwalior's Chandravadni Naka.
- Police Avneet Sharma, the Baroda Sub Divisional Officer, is probing the case, with Tomar currently lodged in a jail in neighboring Shivpuri after court appearance.
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KBC winner and Tehsildar arrested for alleged ₹2 crore flood relief scam in MP
A lady Tehsildar, who had won ₹50 lakh on Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, has been arrested by the police on charges of embezzling around ₹2 crore of flood relief funds in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh.
Official, who won Rs 50 lakh on KBC, arrested in Rs 2.6-crore flood relief scam
Amita Singh Tomar held the post of Baroda tehsildar at the time of the incident, and along with other accused, she siphoned off approximately Rs 2.57 crore by transferring the money into 127 fake bank accounts.
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Amita Singh Tomar, a Madhya Pradesh tehsildar who won INR 50 lakh on Kaun Banega Crorepati, has been arrested in connection with an alleged INR 2.5 crore flood relief scam. She was held in Gwalior after her bail pleas were rejected, officials said. 📰 Amita Singh Tomar Arrested: MP Woman Tehsildar Who Won INR 50 Lakh on ‘KBC’ Held Over Flood Relief ‘Scam’.
MP woman tehsildar held in flood relief scam after Rs 50 L KBC win
Sheopur: A woman tehsildar who gained national fame after winning Rs 50 lakh on the television show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ was arrested from Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior for her alleged involvement in a Rs 2.5 crore flood relief “scam”, officials said. Amita Singh Tomar was arrested on Thursday, March 26, in the 2021 alleged irregularities that took place in Baroda tehsil in Sheopur, an official said, adding she has been lodged in a jail in neighbo…
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