Chhattisgarh: CBI to probe alleged irregularities in PSC Exam-2021
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai during a Cabinet meeting on January 3 this year had decided to refer the matter to the CBI for a comprehensive inquiry.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Shimla has registered a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust against a Gramin Dak Sewak Mail Deliverer (GDSMD) for misappropriating a total of 101 accounts in Tikrigarh Branch Post Office and caused a loss of Rs.6.49 lakh to account holders.
As per the documents accessed by The Statesman, the complaint in the case was filed by Inspector Post Balbir Chand of Chamba West Sub Division in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh on November 21.
The CBI, Shimla registered a FIR under section 154 CrPC after receiving a complaint stating detection of fraud in Tikirigarh Branch, Post Office in account with Nakror Sub Post Office in Chamba district.
The complaint letter maintained that on a routine visit on July 8 this year, it was found that money deposited by account holders in their account was not accounted for in the branch post office records.
On further scrutiny of records, it was revealed that the GDSMD had cheated and misappropriated a total of 101 accounts in the said post office causing a loss to account holders to the tune of Rs.6,49,852, after which the GDSMD was put on off duty with immediate effect on September 6.
Till date no recovery has been affected from the principal offender as he denied giving any statement or refunding the money misappropriated by him, after which he was directed by Superintendent of Post Offices, Chamba division to lodge the complaint, stated the complainant.
The said fraud started during the month of August 2015 till July 2016, when 100 percent verification of accounts was started and the fraud was detected by the officials, reveals the complaint.
The permanent misappropriation or fraud to the tune of 649852 included the postal scheme Recurring Deposit (RD) of 90 account holders amounted to Rs.6, 07,740, Saving Banks (SB) of 2 account holders amounting Rs.26,000, money order of 6 account holders amounting to Rs.13800 and three accounts of Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) amounting to Rs.2,312.
There was detection of temporary misappropriation or frauds of seven account holders on RD scheme amounting to Rs.44,630.
The alleged offender (now put on off duty) for RD and SB adopted a very common modous operandi, whenever an account holder came to the branch post office for depositing cash, he accepted the amount without SB-103, making the entry of deposit into pass book, signs the transactions and affixed official stamp impression on pass book. Lastly, he returned the pass book to depositor by assuring the amount had been deposited into his or her account. Pocketing the amount he did not for into the BO account and the transactions were not reflected into RD or SB Journal, BO Journal, BO daily account and BO account, maintains the complaint.
When contacted, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) CBI Shimla Ashok Kumar refused to comment on the issue.
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