Kolkata Vaccine Scam Scanner On Key Civil Officials | Kolkata News – Times of India

Kolkata: Special investigation team probing the fraud vaccine scam Have trained their lens on a section of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials for their alleged involvement with scam accused debanjan deb. The civic body is also probing how Deb, who was claiming to be a KMC The Joint Commissioner, KMC used to use banners, insignia and even holograms and the role that some civilian employees might have played was helping them drive the chariots.
Apart from KMC fake banners, holograms, letterheads, logos and leaflets, investigators have also unearthed a large number of stamps of various departments like I&CA, PWD and West Bengal State Election Commission.

The SIT is trying to find out how Deb had “direct access” to KMC documents, which he later forged. “His proximity to some KMC officials, civil contractors and policemen is being probed. He used these contacts to further his plans to defraud traders, institutional heads and even his own relatives and friends,” said an official.
The sleuths said that Deb had perfected the art of photoshopping by using the exact font and language used in the correspondence by KMC.
The police found old files which appear to be from the building department, but will have to check if they are genuine. They have also recovered KMC tenders issued between the middle of last year to May this year.
Deb also forged the signature of a KMC official. This helped the thugs to open a bank account in the name of KMC. Citizen top officials are perplexed as to how the thief used the forged signature of the officer to open the account even though it was made mandatory that the signature of the KMC Municipal Controller of Finance and Accounts (CMFA) to open any bank were mandatory. Accounts.
When the fake camp on June 22 Kasba After coming into the limelight, two key departments were snatched from a senior KMC official. It is not known whether the development was a mere coincidence or the result of a scam.
Police said that the accused had created fake email accounts including deputy manager@kmcgov.org with the same domain name as KMC. An official said, ‘He used to create this account using Google G Suite. Investigators said Deb wrote letters in the official language to various government agencies and put receipt stamps on those letters to convince the public.
The KMC itself is probing the role of some health officials. A KMC source said, “Despite having information about the camp, a senior health official did not keep his seniors in the loop.”