I-T department issues summons to victims of BSNL Cooperative Society scam

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as a crime branch investigation is going on into the BSNL Engineers Cooperative Society scam, the I-T department has started sending summons to the victims to pay taxes. Meanwhile, the victims alleged that investigating agencies have been soft-pedalling the process.

The crime branch had arrested A R Gopinathan, president of the BSNL Engineers Cooperative Society, and clerk A R Rajeev on charges of fund misappropriation amounting to approximately Rs 260 crore in December 2023. A week ago Rajeev was granted conditional bail.