Hyderabad: Asci Official Siphoned Off Rs 88 Lakh Using Fake Invoices

Hyderabad: A director in Administrative Staff College of India (Asci) was accused of siphoning funds of nearly Rs 88 lakh using fake invoices. A case has been registered against the accused, B. Laxmi, for forgery, cheating and criminal breach of trust.

The accused, who worked as adjunct professor, was appointed as a director, after her retirement. During her tenure between 2021 to 2024, Laxmi allegedly used her powers to avail support services for training programmes and projects to produce fake invoices.

According to Asci administrative officer B. Jagadesh Kumar, “Laxmi was conducting training programmes and projects. Accordingly, she was authorised to appoint support services agencies or vendors on need-based competency criteria. However, it was noticed that some of her vendor activities were suspicious.”

Other suspects, according to Jagdesh, include Sheik Abhisheik Imlak, Bellapu Shruthi, M. Burraiah, M. Lakshmi Dhana, Rajini Nalamasa.

“Though an internal committee for their KYC or vendor verification summoned consultants and vendors, they failed to turn up. They received payments without providing any services to ASCI. They cheated us by providing false experience certificates in conspiracy with director Laxmi.”