initially, a senior tribal development department official was booked along with twenty three other people involved in the scam. the cases were registered against j p yadav, assistant commissioner in tribal development department, ranjana singh, district coordinator in schedule tribe welfare department and three other government employees under section 420 (offences relating to cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and prevention of corruption act. the cases were also registered against four bank officials and college authorities.