Fake forms under girl child scheme in Maloya, MP asks SHO to probe

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 18

Hoping to get Rs 2 lakh for the marriage of their daughters under the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme of the Central government, several gullible residents of Maloya filled and submitted fake forms.

Even as there is no such provision to give cash under the scheme, these fake forms were being circulated in the colony openly. The residents gave their personal details like bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers in the forms. 

The matter came to light during a public meeting with residents taken by local MP Kirron Kher today. Kher, while expressing surprise, asked Maloya police station SHO Ram Rattan to unearth the ‘scam’ and arrest those who were behind the distribution of fake forms.

“There is no such scheme of giving cash under the scheme. This is just a ploy to malign the image of the present government,” Kher told the gathering. Deputy Mayor Anil Kumar Dubey alleged, “This matter had come to my knowledge and I had given a complaint at the SSP window. These fake forms are being circulated by the Congress.”

The SHO asked the people to come to the police station and meet him in this regard. However, it was strange to see that the police failed to act even as so many residents were being befooled.

Municipal Corporation Additional Commissioner Saurabh Mishra advised the residents not to share bank details or Aadhaar numbers with others and check their identity before sharing crucial information. 

“The forms came from Dhanas and were sold by a photostat shop for Rs 2 in Maloya Colony. It was said that residents whose daughters are between the age of eight and 32 and are unmarried will get Rs 2 lakh each from the government under the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign. There is no truth in it,” said Babu Singh Jandiala, president of the Maloya Colony Welfare Association.

Rajkumar, a resident, said, “People have been running to post offices to submit their forms. Nobody here knows who circulated them.”

Meanwhile, Jandiala handed over a memorandum of issues relating to green belt, community centre, sampark centre, schools and non-functional street lights to Kher. Earlier, people raised many civic problems with Kher who, along with officers, resolved them.