Rs 33 lakh fraudulently withdrawn from school accounts; clerk ‘missing’

Joint Platform of Mass Organisations (JPMO) head Germanjit Singh Bath said the fraud came to the light on October 21 when Suba was summoned by the audit staff from the Treasury Department. “He came with some of the the records,placed them before the Committee and just vanished. The Department is trying to trace him,” said Bath.

DEO (Secondary) Surjit Singh Gumanpura said they had already ordered a probe into the matter and would recommend strict action against the erring staff members. Bath said earlier that Suba withdrew huge amounts from the teachers’ GPF accounts with the active connivance of State Bank of India employees at the Cantonment branch. Amritsar Deputy Commissioner K S Pannu said the matter had been brought to his notice and he would get a case registered after a thorough probe.