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Case against postal assistant in Rs 41 Lakh postal scam

The Amboli police are investigating a postal scam wherein a postal assistant allegedly made bogus entries of 17 already closed saving recurring postal accounts, showed the maturity of the accounts on the computer, and then transferred the maturity amount to the accounts of his wife and children. He had also stolen the opening forms of the 17 accounts holders to commit the Rs 41 lakh fraud.

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The Amboli police are investigating a postal scam wherein a postal assistant allegedly made bogus entries of 17 already closed saving recurring postal accounts, showed the maturity of the accounts on the computer, and then transferred the maturity amount to the accounts of his wife and children. He had also stolen the opening forms of the 17 accounts holders to commit the Rs 41 lakh fraud.

According to police sources, the suspect works in the Azad Nagar post office situated at Dhake Colony at JP Road. He was entrusted with the responsibility of handling the postal accounts.

"Between July and December 2014, the suspect allegedly made the bogus entries and transferred the maturity amount of Rs 41.09 lakh to the his account and those of his wife and children in a private bank," said an officer from Amboli police station.

The fraud was discovered during an audit, after which a complaint was registered with the Amboli police.

The postal asssistant has been booked under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code.

"We are yet to recovery the money and arrest the accused," said the officer.

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