IAS officer surrenders

PATNA, JAN. 6. Senior IAS officer and former Regional Development Commissioner of Chhotanagpur, Ranchi, M. C. Subarno, surrendered before the court of the designated CBI judge, Mr. S. K. Pathak, here yesterday in connection with fodder scam case.

Subarno gave himself up before the designated judge, who later remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days and sent him to the high security Beur Adarsh jail.

Subarno has been named accused in case no. RC 38 (A)/96 of the multi-crore scam.

The case relates to fraudulent withdrawals of lakhs of rupees by the State Animal Husbandry Department officials through forged and fake bills from a south Bihar treasury. Subarno has been charged with abetting the scam and receiving monetary benefits from the scamsters.

- PTI

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