CBI nabs Postal Dept officer for Rs 1 cr fraud

CBI nabs Postal Dept officer for Rs 1 cr fraud

The CBI arrested a postal department official from Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh on charge of ‘fraudulently’ withdrawing funds to the tune of over Rs one crore deposited under different postal savings schemes. According to CBI sources, Venu Madhav Chittempalli, a sub-post master at Godavarikhani in Karimnagar district allegedly committed the fraud through fabrication of documents of various schemes that come under Postal Savings Schemes and withdrew over Rs 90 lakh. "The accused postal official was indulged in the fraud since 2005, but the matter came to light few months ago when a woman depositor approached the post office seeking withdrawal of her deposited amount after its maturity period and found that the amount had already been withdrawn," a CBI officer told PTI. The Department of Posts had begun an internal enquiry into the matter after which Chittempalli went absconding, due to which the Postal Department even could not issue him suspension orders, the sources said adding after that they filed a complaint with CBI, which booked a case on June 30.

Source-Indian Express