Court rejects bail plea of bank officials accused in scam
Additional District sessions Judge, Lokesh Kumar Rathi, denied bail to bank's branch manager Pramod Sharma and cashier Rajender Sharma.
The two accused were arrested on July 22, after a clerk in social welfare department was accused of embezzling Rs 85 lakh by opening a forged account of the department in connivance with Pramod and Rajender, besides others.
The scam, which took place in 2008-2009, came to light after a former district welfare officer, Rinku Singh Rahi, staged a dharna in Lucknow seeking reply to an RTI query in connection with the multi-crore scam.