Dhubri: Two engineers of Assam’s Panchayat and Rural Department were arrested from West Bengal for allegedly siphoning off government funds, police said on Friday.
A case was registered against accredited engineers Saddam Hussain and Abdullah Al-Masud Mollah of Gauripur Development Block in Assam’s Dhubri district on July 8 for allegedly siphoning off Rs 52.72 lakh by approving fake bills, they said.
Contractor Jahidul Hoque was also named in the FIR lodged by the Dhubri Zilla Parishad and the trio was absconding, they said.
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