Nine arrested the multi-crore Calico Mill scam
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2012 14:25
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
The Navrangpura police arrested nine persons accused in the multi-crore scam of siphoning off the money of former Calico Mill workers by the Mill Worker Association’s office bearers. There are 32 accused in the case.
The police are probing a complaint into the alleged siphoning off of the money to be given to former mill workers of the various closed down mills by members of Visthapit Mill Majdoor Sangathan.
The accused had opened bogus names in the list of former workers and siphoned off Rs 1.63 crore between 2006 and 2011.  A total of 608 bogus names were added. They had opened 307 fake accounts at Bapunagar Mahila Cooperative Bank on the basis of fake papers and created new identities
The arrested include Fusabhai Parmar, 65, a resident of Danilimda, Waris Khan Baloch, 67, a resident of Shahpur, Babubhai Parmar, 77, a resident of Behrampura, Natwar Chauhan, 58, a resident of Danilimda, Natwar Parmar, 66, a resident of Karanj, Harikshan Kojani, 57 and Manu Rana, 61, both residents of Pirana, Nazmal Husain Mansuri, 63, a resident of Guptanagar and Raman Sonariya, 72, a resident of Kankaria.
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