KSRTC Fraud Kingpin Held

21 May 2013
Sultan Bathery

Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths on Monday arrested E Shajahan, the kingpin of the alleged financial irregularities at the Kerala State Transport Corporation (KSRTC) depot in Sulthan Bathery in 2012.He will be produced before the Vigilance court in Kozhikode on Tuesday, said the officials.

According to the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Wayanad unit, Shajahan, who was a senior clerk of the depot here, was nabbed by the officials from Meenangadi around 11 am.The financial fraud to the tune of `42 lakh came to light following an investigation by the KSRTC main office in Thiruvananthapuram in July 2012.

Apart from Shajahan, a native of Kollam district, the department had also suspended four conductors from service and had terminated the services of five empanelled conductors.Initial investigation by the police revealed that the accused had also entered lower amounts of collection by tampering with the fare chart in the master computer.

Source– http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Kingpin-in-KSRTC-fraud-held/2013/05/21/article1599202.ece

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