Former GM of City Bus Service booked for Rs 9L bungling

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Ludhiana: Former general manager of the City Bus Service has been booked for allegedly embezzling Rs 9 lakh.

After the department came to know of the

embezzlement

, an inquiry was marked and accused Baljeet Singh of Pamal village resigned without any notice. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Sanyam Aggarwal, additional commissioner of the municipal corporation who is also the managing director of the City Bus Service.

In his complaint to the police on November 6, Aggarwal said, “Misusing his powers, the accused, with the help of his accomplices, opened a bank account and deposited collections of City Bus Service in it.”

When Aggarwal found embezzlement of Rs 9 lakh, an inquiry was initiated. “This scared Baljeet Singh and he resigned without any notice,” he added.

Investigating officer from Division 1 police station assistant sub-inspector Gurmeet Singh said a case has been registered against the accused under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of the IPC. He would be arrested soon. “The FIR was registered on Saturday after a thorough investigation,” the assistant sub-inspector added.