Cattle fair revenue scam unearthed

A scandal involving pocketing of the Bhusunda cattle fair revenue by the employees of Gaya Municipal Corporation (GMC) came to light at the meeting of the corporation's Standing Committee here on Monday. More than half-a-dozen employees are said to be involved in the embezzlement.

The venue of Bhusunda cattle fair earlier used to be auctioned to the highest bidder for collection of revenue. Making a departure from this established practice, the GMC this year decided to do the revenue collection directly and deputed five of its employees for the purpose. The notification for the departmental collection of revenue from the cattle fair was issued on April 12 this year and five GMC employees were issued receipts for collection of revenue. Though these employees started collecting municipal revenue soon thereafter, not a single rupee was deposited in the corporation's account. Instead, the collectors pocketed the entire revenue.