The CBI has filed a charge sheet against a former director of Postal
Services and three other officials of the department for alleged
fraudulent exchange of demonetised currency notes worth Rs 1.15 crore.
The CBI has charged Director Manoj Kumar, an Indian Postal Service
officer who was posted at the office of the chief post master general
(CPMG) in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, along with three others -- a Senior Post
Master, a Deputy Post Master and a Senior Superintendent of Post.
"...demonetisation was announced on November 8, 2016 and November 9
was a non-financial day. During inspection of Navrangpura HO Post
Office, it was revealed that an amount of Rs 6.59 lakh was found
unauthorisedly exchanged on November 9, 2016," CBI spokesperson R K Gaur
said here today.
He said it was also alleged that Kumar, the then Director of Postal
Services, while posted in the office of the CPMG in Ahmedabad, got an
amount of Rs 1.04 crore exchanged through various officials of the
postal department and post offices.
Of this, Rs 90 lakh was allegedly exchanged from Navrangpura Post
Office, where the Senior Post Master and the Deputy Post Master were
posted.
"Similarly, the Senior Superintendent of Post, Navrangpura HO,
Ahmedabad allegedly got Rs 11 lakh exchanged illegally from Navrangpura
Post Office," he said.
The spokesperson said that after thorough investigation, the charge sheet was filed in the designated court in Ahmedabad.
Source : http://www.dnaindia.com
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