Two more arrested in treasury scam, embezzled amount rises to Rs 28 crore

HAZARIBAG (JHARKHAND): (Apr 11) Two more persons were arrested in the Hazaribag Superintendent of Police (SP) Office treasury scam, taking the total number of arrests to five, and the embezzlement amount has also increased to Rs 28 crore, an official said.

Hazaribag Deputy Commissioner Shashi Prakash Singh told reporters on Friday that besides three police constables arrested on Thursday, identified as Shambhu Singh, Rajnish Singh and Dhirendra Singh, two more persons were arrested, namely Kajal Kumari wife of Shambhu Singh and Khusboo Kumari, wife of Rajnish.

All five have been remanded to judicial custody, the official said.