Police unearthed a big postal transaction fraud where
cash to the tune of Rs 42.05 lakh were siphoned off from Cuttack's Chandini
Chowk post office between December 2014 and December 2015.Police arrested six persons in this connection, including
four senior postal officials.
A brother-sister duo of the city in connivance with the
postal officials embezzled the public money by using the postal cheques issued
to them fraudulently , said the Mangalabag Police Station inspector Arun Kumar
Swain.Describing the modus operandi, Swain said one
Parthasarathi Behera, a former temporary employee of posts and his sister
Bishnupriya were issued two cheque books separately against their saving
accounts in the post office.Despite insufficient balances in their accounts,
Parthasarathi and Bishnupriya continuously issued cheques at regular intervals
in favour of their two relatives, who had accounts in a private bank and a
nationalised bank in the city.
When the banks submit these cheques at the post office
for clearance, the dishonest postal officials clear them without any hesitation
notwithstanding insufficient balances in the accounts of Parthasarathi and
Bishnupriya , the police inspector said adding that a lion's share of this
money go to the pockets of the postal officials.
Besides the brother-sister duo, the police have arrested
senior Post master Ratikanta Swain, Deputy Post master Pravakar Pati, Assistant
Superintendent of Post Jyotiraj Das and another senior post master Ramachandra
Behera in this connection.
Source:- Times of India
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