In the year 2013, an investigation into a minor complaint of misappropriation of funds disbursed under the scholarship scheme meant for tribal students, exposed a multi-crore scam spanning across Madhya Pradesh, India.
The initial investigation revealed that huge amount of money was illegally siphoned off and thereafter, a special team was constituted to crack down on those involved.
This revelation was only a tip of an iceberg[2] and it was found that many political people and officials of tribal welfare department were involved in the scam.
[5] Instead of transferring the money through internet banking, college authorities in collusion with government officials deposited it in accounts opened in the name of fictitious persons.
The cases were registered[7] against J P Yadav, Assistant Commissioner in Tribal Development Department, Ranjana Singh, District Coordinator in Schedule Tribe Welfare Department and three other government employees under section 420 (offences relating to cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and Prevention of Corruption Act.