Agartala, September 6, 2025: Tripura’s Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) Mayor Dipak Majumdar on Saturday squarely blamed UCO Bank for the disappearance of ₹16 crore, asserting that no official of the corporation was involved in the scam.

Addressing reporters during an inspection of ongoing drainage works under the Smart City Project in Ward No. 11, Majumdar said, “There was no fraud in the Agartala Municipal Corporation. Whatever happened, it was done by the bank. After the monthly report of UCO Bank was released, it was found that ₹16 crore was fraudulently transferred in four stages. This was carried out by a so-called company from Hyderabad.”

He demanded a thorough investigation into the matter and reiterated that AMC employees had no role in the fraudulent transaction.

Earlier in the day, the Mayor visited several areas of Ward No. 11 to review the construction of cover drains aimed at resolving waterlogging in Agartala city ahead of Durga Puja. He informed that the Municipal Corporation, Smart City Project, and the Public Works Department are jointly working to implement multiple projects. Accompanied by local corporators and officials of different departments, Majumdar instructed that pending drain-covering works be completed at the earliest.

“Our target is to make Agartala free from waterlogging before Puja,” the Mayor added.