Chandigarh: Superintendent posted in the pension cell of Panjab University (PU), Naresh Sabharwal, who was arrested yesterday in a financial bungling case, had torn 13 pages of the cash book while siphoning off money from PU accounts.
While pleading for his police custody in the court, the police stated that he had also been involved in more scams in the PU and his role needed to be thoroughly investigated.
The court remanded the accused in three-day police custody as the police said he needed to be confronted with prime accused Pooja Bagga (also in police custody till October 1) to unearth more facts in the case.
The police had yesterday arrested Naresh as the fourth accused in the case of financial bungling amounting to Rs 2.8 crore at the university.
The police also said they had to recover the laptop of the accused and also interrogate him on the names of co-accused who were involved.
Pooja, a contractual employee of the PU who has been suspended, her husband Jatinder Singh and brother-in-law Baljinder Singh were arrested on September 21 for fraudulently withdrawing around Rs 2.8 crore from the university funds.
The defence counsel in the case opposed the plea for police remand and stated that Naresh was, in fact, the whistleblower and had been arrested on the statements on co-accused Pooja Bagga and there was no evidence against him. The defence counsel said the police had let off higher-ups involved in the case.
The police said the amount had been diverted to the accounts of Pooja, her husband Jatinder and brother-in-law Baljinder. On September 7, the police had booked Pooja for withdrawing around Rs 2.8 crore from the university funds fraudulently.
According to the case, Pooja, who was posted in the pension cell, playing on the fact that there was no double entry system in the checks and balances system, had diverted money to the bank accounts of her family members reusing old vouchers. The money was being diverted into the accounts of Pooja’s family members, including her husband, brother and father.
The FIR was registered on a complaint of the Chief Security Officer of the PU, Jitender Grover.
The police said Pooja and co-accused Naresh were indicted in an internal probe conducted by the PU authorities. The PU has already recovered Rs 92 lakh.
The case has been registered under Sections 408, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 B of the IPC.
While pleading for his police custody in the court, the police stated that he had also been involved in more scams in the PU and his role needed to be thoroughly investigated.
The court remanded the accused in three-day police custody as the police said he needed to be confronted with prime accused Pooja Bagga (also in police custody till October 1) to unearth more facts in the case.
The police had yesterday arrested Naresh as the fourth accused in the case of financial bungling amounting to Rs 2.8 crore at the university.
The police also said they had to recover the laptop of the accused and also interrogate him on the names of co-accused who were involved.
Pooja, a contractual employee of the PU who has been suspended, her husband Jatinder Singh and brother-in-law Baljinder Singh were arrested on September 21 for fraudulently withdrawing around Rs 2.8 crore from the university funds.
The defence counsel in the case opposed the plea for police remand and stated that Naresh was, in fact, the whistleblower and had been arrested on the statements on co-accused Pooja Bagga and there was no evidence against him. The defence counsel said the police had let off higher-ups involved in the case.
The police said the amount had been diverted to the accounts of Pooja, her husband Jatinder and brother-in-law Baljinder. On September 7, the police had booked Pooja for withdrawing around Rs 2.8 crore from the university funds fraudulently.
According to the case, Pooja, who was posted in the pension cell, playing on the fact that there was no double entry system in the checks and balances system, had diverted money to the bank accounts of her family members reusing old vouchers. The money was being diverted into the accounts of Pooja’s family members, including her husband, brother and father.
The FIR was registered on a complaint of the Chief Security Officer of the PU, Jitender Grover.
The police said Pooja and co-accused Naresh were indicted in an internal probe conducted by the PU authorities. The PU has already recovered Rs 92 lakh.
The case has been registered under Sections 408, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 B of the IPC.
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