Silchar Municipal Corporation Suspends Accounts Head Over Financial Claims

Guwahati: Silchar Municipal Corporation suspended its Superintendent of Accounts, Raju Dey, on November 7. Municipal Commissioner Ankur Das signed the order. The move follows accusations of financial irregularities involving staff pay and public works funding. The suspension comes just one week after the city swore in its new councillors.

Dey allegedly failed to account for money spent on development schemes over recent years. Investigators claim the corporation inflated salary expenditure figures far beyond actual needs. Officials expect clarity soon. Executive Officer Abhijit Bey and Financial Management Officer Debashis Saikia now lead the probe to determine the extent of the missing funds. They must submit their findings to Dispur.

Mayor Amarendra Paul and Deputy Mayor Bijendra Prasad Singh received copies of the official order. Employees within the civic body are talking. According to sources, "Dey has been accused of failing to provide proper accounts of funds allocated for employees' salaries and money spent on various development schemes over the past few years." Everyone waits for the final inquiry report.