Woman police officer in Kerala booked, suspended for embezzling over 16 lakh from tremendous quantities

The accused, a senior civil police officer (SCPO), has been booked for the offences of forgery, utilizing a cast doc as real, prison breach of belief by a public servant and dishonest underneath the IPC, in response to the FIR registered on July 21.

She has additionally been booked for offences underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act.

A senior police officer of the district mentioned the accused, Shanti Krishnan, was working as an assistant station author at Muvattupuzha police station when she allegedly carried out the embezzlement.

Entries manipulated

He mentioned that the accused officer manipulated the entries made within the money e book of the station and the tremendous receipts, by altering the quantities collected, and pocketed the distinction.

“It is the duty of the writer to record the fines collected in the cash book and then deposit the amount in the police account in the bank,” the officer mentioned.

However, Ms. Krishnan manipulated the figures to point out that decrease quantities had been collected and in that method embezzled ₹16,76,650, the officer mentioned.

The forgery and embezzlement had been suspected within the subsequent routine inside audits carried out by the police and additional investigation into it revealed the fraud, he mentioned.

“She was suspended recently and will face a departmental probe and disciplinary proceedings, besides the criminal case,” the officer added.