Ansuya Halani who committed suicide after being allegedly exposed in a post office savings scam of Rs50 lakh, had inquired about any complaint against her. She had approached the cops before taking the extreme step.
Ansuya Halani, the post office agent, who committed suicide on Friday evening, after being allegedly exposed in a post office savings scam of Rs50 lakh, had inquired about any complaint against her. She had approached the cops before taking the extreme step.
Kalupur police officials who are investigating the matter said that Halani's passport records showed that she had been to the US on March 31 and had returned on April 5. Police sources said that on April 5 she had come to the police station to inquire if a complaint had been registered against her.
It should be noted that while her name cropped up in media reports related to the scam, no complaint was ever filed against her. The police had only received an application after the alleged scam came to light.
Her husband Mukesh Halani told police that she was under stress due to the money that she had collected for postal scheme but had failed to pay. "Several people used to regularly knock on her door for their money to be returned," said police officials.
Her husband told cops that he had even withdrawn Rs4 lakh from his PF account on her request and given it to her.
Police sources said that they are now investigating as to what exactly happened to the money collected by the victim for investment in postal schemes.
Halani, who lives in Chhotalal-ni-Chali, Odhav, leaves behind her husband Mukesh, an officer in the water department, and two sons, both of whom are doctors. One of them is in the USA and the other is practising in Delhi.
As an agent of the post office, Halani used to collect money from people for various saving schemes of the postal department. But, apparently, she did not send the cash to the P&T department - as many of her clients found out - and that led to her exposure in a possible scam.
She had been working as an agent for the past three-four years during which she had made a record of the transactions in booklets which police recovered in her house. To date the cops have found 1,500 such booklets with records of her transactions.
"The scam may be of more than Rs50 lakh," a police official told DNA.
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