Migrant workers' Aadhar details used to defraud EPFO, CBI launches probe

The CBI has initiated a probe against three officials of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation after they allegedly siphoned off over Rs 2.71 crore using the Aadhar details of migrant workers.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged a case against three officials of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for allegedly committing a fraud of over Rs 2.71 crore using the Aadhar details of migrant workers, sources told India Today. Based on a complaint lodged by the Vigilance Department of EPFO, the CBI has initiated a probe against Chandan Kumar Sinha (Senior Social Security Assistant, Kandivali Regional Office EPFO Mumbai), Uttam Tagaray, (Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) and Vijay Jarpe (Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Chennai Regional Office, Tamil Nadu), sources told India Today.