Bihar Scam News: Once again the news of scam has come to light from Sitamarhi, Bihar. After the scam of around Rs 1 crore in North Bihar Gramin Bank Parihar, a case of embezzlement in Bajpatti Post Office has come to light. The investigation has so far revealed embezzlement from five account holders.
The action has not yet been completed in the case of scam of customers’ deposits in the post office located at Parihar block headquarters of Sitamarhi district of Bihar, now a case of scam has come to light in another post office. After this revelation there is panic among the customers. Till now half a dozen customers have come forward who have been scammed by illegally withdrawing money from their accounts. On receiving the news of this, other customers of the post office also became suspicious that illegal withdrawals might have been made from their accounts too.
Not the first case of bank/post office scam
This is not the first time that customers’ deposits in a post office or bank have been robbed. Around Rs 1 crore belonging to customers has been embezzled in Parihar Post Office. This embezzlement has been committed by the postal employees themselves, against whom an FIR has also been lodged. Here, last month, more than Rs 5 crore of customers’ deposits were withdrawn and embezzled from the Bairagnia branch of North Bihar Gramin Bank. The branch manager accused in this case was arrested recently, while the cashier is still absconding. Now the latest case has come to light in the post office located at Bajpatti block headquarters.
When I went to take loan, it was revealed
It has been told that Sujit Kumar, resident of Bangaon Bazar of Bajpatti block, had deposited the amount in RD account opening in Bajpatti post office from March 2019 to March 2023. Sujit came to know of the embezzlement when he approached the post office for a loan from the account before the maturity of the two accounts. He was shocked to know that there was no money in his account. Then it did not take long for Sujit to understand that the postal workers had robbed him of his savings. Sujit has filed an FIR against seven employees in this regard.
Passbook was handed over without seal
In the FIR, Sujit has informed the police that the postal workers had taken the amount and handed over the passbook without any seal. The seven employees who have been accused in the FIR include Vinod Paswan, Saroj Baitha and others. Here, apart from Sujit, the customers from whose account illegal withdrawal of money has been made include Kamlesh Kumar, Avinash Kumar and Sushil Kumar and others.
