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The accused has been identified as Babu Thomas (45), a native of Ponkunnam.

Ranchi: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday arrested a sub-inspector (SI) posted at the accounts section of the office of Bokaro SP for his alleged involvement in illegal withdrawals from the Bokaro treasury.The CID, in a press statement on Wednesday, said the accused SI was identified as Ashok Kumar Bhandari. “The accused was associated with one of the previous arrestees, Kaushal Kumar Pandey. From Pandey’s account, around Rs 50 lakh was allegedly transferred to Bhandari’s account and over Rs 1.11 crore was withdrawn from Bhandari’s bank account with Kaushal’s help since 2020,” the statement said. On Sunday, home guard Satish Kumar was arrested in the case.In view of the state govt’s direction, CID formed an eight-member special investigation team to investigate the illegal withdrawals from the treasuries of Bokaro and Hazaribag.