The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) on Friday seized five costly vehicles including SUVs used personally by Church of North India (CNI) Jabalpur Diocese’s Bishop PC Singh in Jabalpur., Madhya Pradesh.
The EOW official said the five costly vehicles were personally used by Bishop Singh though they were purchased from the funds of various educational institutions functioning under the Church of North India (CNI) Jabalpur Diocese.
In September last, the EOW arrested Singh over a cheating case registered against him.
Singh was returning from Germany to India and reached Nagpur airport via Delhi, Bengaluru was detained at the Nagpur Airport for interrogation was later arrested.
Father Hira Lal Masih, Archdeacon/Metropolitan Commissary, Diocese of Nagpur, Church of India, Indian Church Trustees filed a complaint with the EOW against Singh.
On preliminary investigation it was found by the EOW official that Rs 2.70 crore collected as students’ fees between 2004-05 and 2011-12 in various educational institutions of the society was allegedly transferred to religious institutions, misused and spent by the bishop for personal requirements.
A case was registered against Singh and former assistant registrar of Firms and Societies BS Solanki under sections 420, 406, 468, 471 and 120 B of IPC.
The searches was conducted in the residence and office Singh for alleged forged documents to change the educational society’s original name and unlawfully diverting students’ fees collected by various educational institutions for fulfilling his personal needs.
