North 24 Parganas, June 11 -- A major alleged financial scam has come to light at a private school in West Bengal's North 24 Paraganas district after police seized Rs 1 Cr and 77 Lakh along with computer systems and other documents.

The recovery was made at Kanchrapara Harnett English Medium school after the acting principal lodged a complaint against four individuals associated with the institution, alleging embezzlement, misappropriation of funds and cheating.

Acting Principal Bikash Chandra Pal named Kamal Adhikary (head of Kanchrapara municipality), Goutam Ghosh Dastidar, Abhik Kumar Nag and Sayan Pal as accused in the complaint.

Taking action on the complaint, when the police asked the school's accountant, Abhik Kumar Nag, to open...