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Bombay High Court urged to reopen fraud case after cops file closure report

The father of an accountant who committed suicide two days after being questioned by seniors about fraud at her workplace, has urged the Bombay high court to order reopening of the case and probe the involvement of others in the alleged malpractice.

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The father of an accountant who committed suicide two days after being questioned by seniors about fraud at her workplace, has urged the Bombay high court to order reopening of the case and probe the involvement of others in the alleged malpractice.

A division bench of justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai on February 9 directed the prosecution to file its reply to the petition. The HC has also called for a copy of the summary report filed by police before a magistrate, saying the case may be abated or closed in view of the death of the accountant.

The accountant, who was working in Chinchani branch of Setu Co-operative Credit Society, had committed suicide on June 8, 2012, two days after she was called in for questioning by her seniors, after a fraud was detected in the society's accounts.

Her father had filed a petition in the HC saying that police had closed the case on the ground that the accountant alleged to have been involved in the fraud had died. However, the petitioner argued that his
daughter alone may not have been involved, and there could be other staff of the society also involved in the alleged crime.

The father claimed that the police may have closed the case in order to protect other persons in the alleged fraud, and it would therefore be proper if the case is re-investigated.

Additionally, the forensic audit report in respect with transactions of the said society categorically said that the alleged fraud could not have been possible without the involvement of other officers, because the accounts, including that of the chairman, were used for parking of huge funds.

The HC has kept the petition for hearing on February 23.

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