Ludhiana: The Dehlon police on Saturday booked a retired employee of a cooperative society for embezzling Rs 12.57 lakh. The matter came to light during an audit.
Accused Jagdev Singh of Butahari village was secretary of Butahari Co-operative Agriculture Multipurpose Society.
In his complaint to the police, Sangram Singh, assistant registrar of the society, said after Jagdev Singh’s retirement on April 30, 2019, inspector of the co-operative society Harjinder Singh scanned the records and found that the accused had not made entries for fertilisers bought and distributed among farmers from April 1, 2018, to April 2019. Following this, an internal investigation was ordered, which revealed that the accused had siphoned off Rs 12.57 lakh.
On December 3, he gave a complaint to the police for lodging of an FIR. Investigating officer from Dehlon police station ASI Bheesham Dev said a case under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant) of the IPC and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been lodged against the accused, who would be arrested soon.