The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case into alleged irregularities in the operation and management of night shelters in Delhi run by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) in 2023.
A preliminary enquiry revealed that the shelter management authority engaged bogus employees who never worked at shelters, manipulated their attendance and credited salaries in their accounts.
The agency has named Suhail Khan, president of Sofia Educational and Welfare Society, two other private individuals, and unknown public servants in its FIR filed on April 27.
DUSIB comes under the Delhi government, and the contract for running night shelters under Cluster 1 and 2 was given to Sofia Educational and Welfare Society in 2023.
The CBI alleged that multiple individuals were engaged in other professions or businesses, were falsely shown as staff in night shelters, and paid salaries through bank accounts for the relevant period.
Verification of their professional engagements and mobile location data established that they were present at their actual workplaces or residences and not at any night shelter during the period for which attendance and salary were shown.
The CBI alleged that it was a 'well-planned conspiracy involving fraudulent documentation, misappropriation of government funds and active connivance of individuals and public servants'.
