Tripura police claimed to have advanced the investigation into the scam in which fraudsters siphoned ₹16.38 crore from the account of the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC).
The Police said ₹7 crore has been recovered through using technical tools after tracing the scammers reportedly based in South Indian states on Saturday (September 13, 2025). The progress was made a day after the State Government constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Additional S.P. Dhruva Nath.
The money was drained out through cheques forging the signature of municipal corporation Commissioner D.K. Chakma from a branch of the UCO Bank.
The SIT has arrested a cashier from the same city branch as her detention was required in the investigation. She has been identified as Ramayani Shrimayi, a resident of Nowgaon district in Assam.
Police, however, have not provided details of her alleged connection with the scam. Sources, however, said she provided technical support to the scamsters.
