Chhattisgarh: What Did Sunny Leone Say About Government Scheme Funds Being Deposited In Bank Account of Her Name

Actress Sunny Leone has reacted to the issue of money from a government scheme in Chhattisgarh being deposited in a bank account of a customer of her name.

She has written in her Instagram story that she was saddened to know that the scheme that was brought to empower and benefit women was misused in this manner.

Sunny Leone said, "I condemn this and I fully support and will cooperate with the authorities in investigating the matter."

Under the BJP government's ambitious 'Mahatari Vandan Yojana' in Chhattisgarh, one thousand rupees were being paid every month in a bank account in the name of Sunny Leone.

According to the details recorded on the state government's website, an application was filed in this name in Talur Anganwadi in Maoist-affected Bastar.

After this information came to light, the Congress party has targeted the government.

Congress party spokesperson in Chhattisgarh Sushil Anand Shukla told, "Our party has been saying from the beginning that this scheme is a corruption scheme. The benefits of this scheme are not reaching the needy people, rather the money is reaching the pockets of BJP people."

One arrested

Meanwhile, Virendra Kumar Joshi of Bastar has been arrested for taking Rs 1000 per month under the state government's funded Mahtari Vandan Yojana in the name of actress Sunny Leone.

The Chhattisgarh Police has registered an FIR against Virendra Kumar Joshi and arrested him after the incident went viral on social media on December 23.

A press note issued by the Bastar district administration said, "Virendra Kumar Joshi had committed fraud in the Anganwadi Center Talur of Bastar development block of Bastar district. He applied in the name of Sunny Leone through a worker of Anganwadi Center Talur and in that application, he entered his Aadhaar number and his bank account details as other information." 

In the press note, the administration further said, "For serious negligence in this matter, the concerned Anganwadi worker has been dismissed and the supervisor and project officer have been suspended. Along with this, an FIR has been lodged against Virendra Kumar Joshi and he has been arrested and action is being taken to recover the amount paid by seizing his bank account."