The Vigilance Cell arrested Biswanath Bhattacharya as fake bills of Rs 60 lakh were passed by Tengakhat Rural Roads sub-division of Dibrugarh PWD (Roads) Division during his tenure, an official release said here.
Seven persons have already been arrested in the case including the executive engineer, engineer, junior engineer, contractor among others.
Following the direction of the chief minister to register a case in the matter, the Vigilance Cell registered a case and started investigation.
The Chief Minister's Vigilance Cell also arrested Bank of Baroda's, Hailakandi Branch Manager, Gautam Das at Guwahati for allegedly embezzling Rs 1.39 crore through Kisan Credit Card scam.
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