Treasury official among four booked for Rs 28 lakh fraud in Rohtak

A case of pension fraud at the District Treasury Office in Rohtak has come to light, with local police registering a case against four individuals, including an official from the Treasury Department.

According to the FIR, the accused official, Sudhir Kumar, allegedly created forged official records and transferred over Rs 28 lakh in two separate transactions to bank accounts of two individuals, including a woman, on the basis of false information. He is also accused of destroying documents in an attempt to cover up the fraud. These transactions were carried out during Sudhir’s tenure as the pension in-charge in Rohtak, from October 2023 to February 2024.

The fraud was uncovered during an inquiry initiated following a communication from the Accountant General regarding the payment of amounts. An internal committee, led by Assistant Treasury Officer Anoop Singh from Sampla, was constituted on April 1 to investigate fraudulent payment. Upon completion of the inquiry, the committee found that Sudhir had made fraudulent payments based on false information and that office records had been destroyed, as the relevant documents could not be located, the FIR stated.

According to sources cited in the FIR, the inquiry report stated that neither Pension Payment Orders (PPOs) belonging to any legitimate pensioner were found, nor were any payments made to actual pensioners. Instead, fake PPOs and diary numbers were created and identical amounts of Rs 14,30,920 transferred to bank accounts of two of the accused, Rachna Devi and Rajesh.

Notably, the amount was deposited back into the Treasury Office through two e-challans on April 3 and 4, in an apparent attempt to avoid legal action, the FIR added. A case was registered against Sudhir Kumar, Rachna Devi, Rajesh and Narendra on the complaint of Sanjay Choudhary, Treasury Officer, Rohtak. — TNS