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Arunachal: Woman working at post office held for ’embezzlement’ of Rs 39 lakh fund
Itanagar, Sep 17 (PTI) A woman working at a post office in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district was arrested for alleged embezzlement of government funds worth Rs 39.25 lakh, police said on Thursday.
Acting on a complaint by the postal department, the accused, a multi-tasking staffer of the Tawang Post Office, was taken into custody on September 14, 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.
