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21 forged signatures found in school Express News Service First Published : 19 Aug 2010 03:27:26 AM IST Last Updated : 19 Aug 2010 09:01:11 AM IST CHENNAI: In a perfect case of misappropriation of funds, the Danish Mission Higher Secondary School authorities have forged the signatures of over 21 parents in the ledger and have swindled the scholarship money allocated by the government to Dalit students. A special team, consisting officials from Adi Dravidar Welfare department, unearthed this fraud after an inspection of the school here on Wednesday. The raid was prompted after an Express report exposed the misappropriation of post-matric scholarship allocated to Dalit students — ‘Teachers, officials deprive Dalits of scholarship’. “A surprise check conducted by officials in the rank of joint director of Adi Dravidar Welfare department from Chennai and local officials at the school brought to light that 21 signatures have been forged by teachers on the scholarship ledger,” said official sources. Herber Dhana Sundaram, a teacher at the school had forged the signature of Siva, father of Perumal, who was studying at the school, and had misappropriated the money. When inquired the whereabouts of Herber, headmaster Deivaneethi told them that he had left for a science exhibition at Chennai. But when, officials found Herber’s signature in the attendance register next to Wednesday’s date, they ordered the headmaster to ask Herber to report to the joint director’s office of the Adi Dravidar Welfare department in Chennai, said sources. In addition to this, officials found that the clerk Kanagaraj had also signed on the scholarship ledger. When questioned, Kanagaraj told that teachers had asked him to do so and he was not aware of the misappropriation of funds. Officials got a statement from him and other teachers, who were suspected to be involved in the fraud. The special team would continue its inspection in other schools also, sources added. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/