Pharmacist booked for embezzling Rs 5L

Rajkot: An pharmacist working at Gokul Hospital on Kuvadva road of Rajkot was booked on Wednesday for allegedly embezzling Rs 5 lakh from the hospital in last one year. Police said that the accused Rajdeep Joshi used to make bogus receipt showing payment made towards return of medicines by patients. In fact Joshi used to keep the money with himself.
The FIR against Joshi was lodged by Dr Sanat Chariya, working with Gokul hospital, with B division police station.
According to complaint, Joshi had started working as senior pharmacist at the hospital in March 2019 and was heading the medical store. There were five other people working under him. The hospital management had allotted all employees user ID to keep track of sale by each executive.
It was during audit in March this year, the hospital management came to know of certain dubious bill entries of medicine returned by patients. The hospital administration launched an inquiry and found that the forged entries were made by Joshi.
When Joshi was interrogated by the hospital management he admitted to making bogus receipts showing payment made to patients returning medicine and siphoning off Rs 4.82 lakh.
He urged hospital authorities not to lodge police complaint and promised to return the money.
But when Joshi, after being sacked, did not pay the money, the hospital authorities filed FIR against him Joshi has been charged under IPC sections 408, 420, 465, 468 and 471.