Surat: A 21-year-old woman cashier of a school located in the jurisdiction of Udhna police station was arrested by police for siphoning off Rs30.55 lakh of her employer here on Monday.
The accused did not deposit fees of around 500 students in the school’s bank account.
Police arrested Dipanjali Polai for carrying out
cheating with Leo School of Science and Commerce. The accused had siphoned off the money between February and July.
She was booked for cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery under various sections of Indian Penal Code and also Information Technology Act after school’s administrator Jaysukh Kathiriya lodged a police complaint against her.
Police investigation revealed the accused used to collect fees from parents in cash and issued them manual receipts, but did not deposit the money in the school’s bank account. She later updated false details in the school’s computer using her and a colleague’s identities.
Police are yet to find out whether Polai carried out cheating with school alone or was she helped by someone. “We are yet to find out what she had done with the money. We are questioning her about the money. We are yet to recover it from her,” said a police officer posted at Udhna police station.
The fraud came to the complainant’s notice when he checked bank account and school records. Police are investigating how the fraud went unnoticed for such a long period.
