Charge sheet Newton for not discovering the law earlier

By Vijay Kumar

An officer of the AG Audit detected a major fraud in his office and found that supervisory officers including himself had signed some bills without verification. He had signed the bills to facilitate his investigation. He did not want to raise any suspicion and make the files, ‘not available’. In due course all the officers including the one who detected the fraud where called to explain the lapse. His contention that he was the one who detected the fraud was not appreciated. They wanted to take action against him for the period he had signed the bills. The rattled officer wrote, "Newton discovered the law of gravity by seeing an apple fall. But the apples (forbidden variety and normal ones) have been falling right from the time of Adam and Eve. It is like charge- sheeting Newton for not discovering the law earlier."