Thiruvananthapuram: While City Corporation stated that the two employees at the Zonal Nemom office were suspended because they did not convey the number of collections, the police had registered a case under the parts associated with counterfeiting, criminal violations of trust and cheating.
This case has been registered based on complaints by the Inspector of the Nemom Zonal Office.
In accordance with complaints, two employees attenuate documents to Siphon Off Corporation funds received as building permits, license fees, professional taxes and other types of income.
The complaint showed that staff acted with the intention to cheat and steal corporate funds.
A total of Rs 26 Lakh is accepted when delivery of money for various purposes is lost in 25 working days a year in Nemom Zonal Office; Questions by the Corporation Wing account have revealed.
The amount sent at the zonal office from February 2020-June 2021, was never reflected in a corporate bank account.
While complaints blame officials to forging documents, the corporation has not found evidence to associate both employees with forgery.
The audit also reports that corporations do not have a system to keep records of operators transporting money from corporations to banks.
With the corporation can not find people who might fail to deposit money, Onus placed at the cashier and reported supervisors failed to check the foil counter and maintain the register.
Investigations at 11 zonal offices have expressed financial fraud at the Attipra office, Ullour and Nemom.
Nemom reported the biggest fraud so far with a number of Rs 26 Lakh missing from the Corporation account.