THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A departmental probe has been intensified in the case of siphoning off money from Vanchiyoor sub treasury. It will be mainly probed whether senior accountant Bijulal got the help of anybody else for the fraud. The help of national informatics centre will be sought for it. A preliminary probe found that he transferred the money withdrawn to five accounts of a private bank.

Of the Rs 2 crore siphoned off, Bijulal transferred Rs 61 lakh from his two treasury accounts to five bank accounts. The money was transferred to the bank accounts of his wife and sister. The remaining one crore 30 lakh has been found in his treasury accounts. The statement of treasury employees will be taken today in the case registered by the Vanchiyoor police. They will also examine whether money has been deposited in other accounts. The case registered against Bijulal and his wife Simi is for cheating and tampering with documents. A case has also been registered under the IT Act.

The treasury department has decided to conduct an extensive investigation into the alleged money laundering by using the login and password of the sub-treasury officer. It will also be examined whether Bijulal has committed the same fraud in other treasuries where has had worked earlier. Bijulal would not have had the opportunity to extort money if the password of the officer retired from Information System Management Cell in the treasury had been cancelled.