Committee to investigate transactions in Gram Panchayat accounts after merger

Rural Development Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed the formation of a committee to conduct a comprehensive investigation into transactions in Gram Panchayat bank accounts, even after their merger into urban local bodies. He noted that transactions were conducted using official model signatures and seals even after the Gram Panchayats were handed over to the urban local bodies. He also instructed the investigation of cases where only one or two villages in some Gram Panchayats were transferred to the municipality, leading to the Panchayat funding works previously undertaken by the local body. Furthermore, he ordered an investigation into transactions in the bank accounts of Kolara, Aliabadi, and Amalapura Gram Panchayatis, which were fully transferred to the Bidar Nagar Palike, suggesting the involvement of former staff and bank employees, and mandated sending signatures to the forensic laboratory.