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Tendu Leaf Embezzlement Scandal: Forest Officials Arrested

Summary by Devdiscourse
Eleven individuals, including four forest personnel, were arrested by the Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with the tendu leaf remuneration embezzlement case. The accused, in collaboration with others, allegedly misappropriated funds intended for tendu leaf collectors. Indian Forest Service officer Ashok Kumar Patel had been apprehended earlier in April.

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CG News. Sukma. In the much-discussed tendupatta bonus scam in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the Economic Offences Investigation Bureau (EOW) has taken major action and arrested 11 new accused. This scam is related to the 2021-22 tendupatta season, in which there was a discrepancy in the bonus of Rs 7 crore given to the collectors. The arrested accused include 4 forest workers and 7 primary forest produce committee managers. At the same time, …

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Devdiscourse broke the news in India on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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