IAS officer, Godala Kiran Kumar arrested in West Bengal

Godala Kiran Kumar an Indian Administrative Service officer was arrested for allegedly siphoning off funds from the Siliguri-Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA) while serving as its CEO. Kiran Kumar was taken into custody after he could not give satisfactory answers to posers linked to the purchase of four electric furnace of a crematorium that was being constructed by the SJDA during his tenure from September 2011 to March 2013. The SJDA scam is said to be worth over Rs 100 crore.