Patna/Bhagalpur, Aug. 11: Local residents and investigating officers are pointing to the political links and clout of the Bhagalpur NGO at the centre of the fund-transfer scam. Manorama's younger son Amit Kumar and his wife Priya Kumar alias Priya Sinha used to run the NGO after Manorama's death in February this year. Priya, sources said, is the niece of Jharkhand Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahay. The last such transfer, sources said, was of Rs 16 crore in March this year. The Bhagalpur branch of the Bank of Baroda used to credit third-party cheques of high values in the account of the NGO, sources said.

Source: The Telegraph August 11, 2017 21:11 UTC