The investigating agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the case of alleged irregularities in the Chief Minister Kanya Vivah Yojana in Madhya Pradesh. The agency has attached assets worth about Rs 5 crore of Shobhit Tripathi, brother-in-law of former minister and BJP leader Gopal Bhargava. Tripathi was appointed to the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Sironj District Panchayat.
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Rs 30 crore scam
Shobhit Tripathi is accused of withdrawing more than Rs 30 crore from the government treasury by showing 5,923 fake marriages on papers under this scheme during the Covid period. It is being told that during that time he had registered a large number of fake marriages. ED has issued a press note in this matter.
ED press note
