A woman employee of a post office in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district was arrested for alleged embezzlement of government funds worth Rs 39.25 lakh.
On the basis of a complaint lodged by the postal department, the accused, a multi-tasking staffer of the Tawang Post Office, was taken into custody, Tawang Superintendent of Police Tasi Darang said.
According to the police, Inspector of Post Office (Bomdila Postal Sub Division) H Nilamai Singh filed a written complaint on September 13, stating that a financial verification, conducted at the Tawang Post Office on September 7, unearthed major accounting discrepancies.
In the complaint, Singh said, “The unaccounted sum included Rs 34.49 lakh collected as Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) premiums between January 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, which was neither deposited into official accounts nor produced despite repeated reminders.”
The complaint also said an unremitted counter cash amount of Rs 4.75 lakh was missing. “Upon initial questioning by the postal authorities, the accused admitted the shortage and submitted a written undertaking acknowledging that she had misappropriated the public funds,” the complainant said.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered at Tawang Police Station and the investigation was taken up by officer-in-charge N Angu.
