The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a postal department employee in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri for embezzling Rs 63 lakh from 260 inactive savings accounts of government welfare scheme beneficiaries. Gajanan Parasram Gutte, an employee of Anjarla sub-post office from 2018-20, allegedly prepared forged withdrawal vouchers and used the signatures and thumb impressions of deceased or elderly beneficiaries who could not come to the office regularly. Gutte targeted savings bank accounts of beneficiaries of social welfare schemes such as Sanjay Gandhi Yojana, Shravan Bal Yojana, and Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme. The scam was discovered after the head and divisional office instructed to monitor high-value withdrawals. Gutte initially refunded Rs 2.58 lakh and later returned another Rs 59.50 lakh after admitting his guilt during the investigation by the postal department.
The article is about Gajanan Parasram Gutte, a Maharashtra postal department employee who allegedly embezzled Rs 63 lakh from 260 inactive savings accounts of government welfare scheme beneficiaries.
The post office is an important institution in India that provides banking and other essential services to citizens in rural areas. The Indian Postal Service is the most extensive postal network in the world, with more than 155,000 post offices across the country. The ministry of communication governs the postal department.
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