TIOL-DDT 675 · Thursday, 9 August 2007 · story 3 of 6

CBI books Postal Superintendent

If you thought that Central Excise officers were corrupt and ignoble departments like Posts were relatively honest, the CBI registered a case against a Senior Superintendent of Post Office, South West Division, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi for possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of his income to the tune of Rs.33.95lakh. Searches were conducted at the official and residential premises of the accused official which revealed Rs.75,000 in cash, documents pertaining to educational expenditure of his children worth about Rs.19lakh Insurance policies worth Rs.11lakh, two plots at Wazirabad and Karawal Nagar, Delhi, benami investments in monthly income schemes and KisanVikasPatras to the tune of Rs.31lakh and investment in PPF worth Rs.3lakh.