Overview
- The CBI registered a criminal case after a preliminary enquiry into alleged payroll fraud at night shelters run under the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.
- The FIR names Sofia Educational and Welfare Society president Suhail Khan, two private individuals named Amir and Sonu Kushwaha, and unidentified public servants.
- Investigators allege the NGO listed fake caretakers and sweepers, gave them ESIC insurance, credited salaries to their bank accounts, and then took the cash back.
- Checks of outside employment and mobile location data showed the listed workers were at other jobs or at home during the hours they were marked present at shelters.
- The agency says attendance registers were altered at the office after supervisors filed them, DUSIB inspections required since January 2024 did not happen, and the probe continues with responses from DUSIB and the NGO pending.