MP: Church Bishop’s house in Jabalpur searched by EOW team, accused of embezzlement

New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) team on Thursday conducted searches at the residence & office of Bishop PC Singh of North India Jabalpur Diocese’s bishop after complaints of embezzlement were filed against him.

The Jabalpur-based Bishop faces charges of embezzlement to the tune of about 3.5 crore rupees, from the fees of students while serving in office.

A video of EOW raids also went viral on social media, in which the officials could be seen counting the mounds of notes, illegally garnered by the Bishop.

In the raids, more than Rs 1 crore cash and foreign currency was recovered by the EOW team. The Bishop is accused of misappropriating more than Rs 2.5 crore funds from the missionary-run schools and then diverting it to run religious institutions.

 

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A case of cheating was registered against the Bishop PC Singh as the complainants said that he misappropriated funds while serving as a chairman of an Educational society.

Searches were conducted at his residence to recover documents relating to the misappropriation of funds, EOW’s Superintendent of Police Devendra Singh Rajput told a news agency.
EOW officials said that PC Singh was not available at home while his wife and son were present.

The Bishop is accused of forging documents to change the original name of educational society and then siphoning off money from students fee fund for fulfilling his personal needs.

According to initial investigation by the police, about 2.70 crore rupees was collected as students’ fees from 2004-05 and 2011-12 and reportedly embezzled to religious institutions and misused by the Bishop for his personal needs.