FIRST INFORMATION REPORT
(Under Section 154 Cr.P.C.)
1. District: Gandhinagar PS: ACB Gandhinagar Year: 2021 FIR No: RCO292021A0008 Date: 12/04/2021
2. Acts & Sections:
Acts Sections R/W Section IPC 120 8 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC 409 PC 420 IPC 467 IPC 468 PC 471 PC Act- 1988 13(2) 13(1)(c) & (d)
3. Suspected offences: Criminal Conspiracy,Forgery,Cheating,Criminal Breach of Tnist,Crinifinal Misappropriation,Criminal Misconduct (a) Occurrence of offence:
Day: Time Period: From Date: 2016 To Date: 2016 (b) Information Received at PS: Date: 07/04/2021 (c) General Diary Reference: Entry No.: 04 Date: 12/04/2021 Time: 10:31:10
4. Type of Information: Written
5. Place of Occurrence: Ahmedabad, Gujarat (a) Direction &distance from PS: Approx. 30 KMs towards South Beat No.: (b) Address: Polytechnic Sub Post office, Plot No.: Area: Ahmedabad City: Ahmedabad Pin: State: Gujarat District: Ahmedabad (c) In case, outside the limit of this Police Station, then Name of PS: District:
6. Complainant / Informant: Complainant 1 (a) Name: Mr. Raneshbhai Maganbhai Rattan (b) Father's/Husband's Name: (c) Date/Year of Birth: (d) Nationality: INDIAN (e) Passport:
Passport No. Date Of Issue Place Of Issue (f) Occupation: Asst. Supdt. of Post Offices (9) Address:
Plot No Area City State District Pin City West Sub-Division lEllis Bridge, Ahmedabad Gujarat Ahmedabad 380006
7. Details of known/suspected/unknown accused with full particulars:
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Accused 1 Mr.Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara(1), Designation: Postal Assistant (PA), Department: Deptt. of Name: Posts, Ministry: Min of Con-stn. & IT (Deptt. of Posts) Address: Neminath Society, Opp. Maniyar Flats„ Shantivan, Paldi, Ahrredabad, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 380007
Accused 2 Mr,Tarun V. Modi(2), Designation: Postal Assistant (PA), Department: Deptt. of Posts, Ministry: Min. Name: of Comm. & IT (Deptt. of Posts) Address: A-8, Komal Enclave, P.T. College Road, Paldi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Ahmedabad
Accused 3 Mr. Ravindrakumar Lalabhai Chaudhary(3), Designation: Postal Assistant (PA), Department: Deptt. of Name: Posts, Ministry: Min. of Cowan, & IT (Deptt. of Posts) Address: B/103, Shri Han Arjun Apartment GhatIodiya„ Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 380061
Accused 4 Name: Mrs.Kajal Hasmukhbhal Shah(4), Father/Husband name: Haresh Shrivastav Address: 35, Shvetanjali Society- Part-2, Ahead Shyamal Char Rasta, Near Yash Tower, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 380015
Accused 5 Name: Unknown Public Servant(s) & Private Person(s) Address:
8. Reasons for delay in reporting by the complainant/informant:
9. Particulars of properties stolen:
Item Name Age of Property Estimated Value (in INR)
10. Total value of property stolen:
11. Inquest Report/U.D. Case No., if any:
12. First information contents: A written Complaint dated 05.04.2021, which is enclosed, was received from Shri Rameshbhai Maganbhai Rabari, Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices, City West Sub-Division. Department of Posts, wherein it is alleged that. the public servants, in conspiracy with the private person, re-opened earlier closed Recurring Deposit accounts and then fraudulently closed the same and thereby, misappropriated the Government Money by committing cheating and malpractice.
The accused Public Servants, in criminal conspiracy ydth the Private Person, fraudulently re-opened 14 Recurring Deposit accounts. which were already closed in the year 2007, 2008 and 2009. The fraudulently re-opened Recurring Deposit accounts were then fraudulently closed in 2016 and the maturity value amounting to Rs. 46,09,323 (Rupees Forty-Six Lakh Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Three Only) was deposited in Savings account no. 5759166362, which was fraudulently opened in the name of Shilpa A. Parekh and Ajitbhai K. Parekh. The deposited amount in fraudulent Savings account was fraudulently withdrawn in Cash on different dates.
In addition, 2 Recurring Deposit accounts were closed on 27-04-2016 by re-opening and as such, the total amount of financial malpractice / misappropriation of Recurring Deposit accounts comes to Rs. 49,43,899/-.
In addition, changes occurred in Recurring Deposit accounts from 01-01-2013 to 30-06-2016 have been verified and malpractice has been found in 606 Recurring Deposit accounts amounting to Rs. Rs. 18,60,87,580/- (Rupees Eighteen Crore Sixty Lakh Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Eighty only).
That, the aforesaid facts prima facie show suspected offences of Criminal Conspiracy. Misappropriation, Cheating. Criminal Breach of Trust by the public servant and Use of forged documents in criminal connivance, which prima facie reveals commission of offences punishable lisec. 120-B r/w 409, 420, 467, 468 & 471 of IPC and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(c) & (d) of The P.C. Act, 1988 (before amendment in 2018) by the accused persons ,Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara, then Postal Assistant, Polytechnic Sub Post office, Ahmedabad, Shri Tarun V. Modi, Retired Postal Assistant, Polytechnic Sub Post office, Ahmedabad, Shri Ravindrakumar Lalabhai Chaudhary, then Postal Assistant, Polytechnic Sub Post office, Ahmedabad, Smt. Kajal Hasmukhbhai Shah, Private Person and unknown public servants /private persons.
Sanctions U/Sec. 17A of The P.C. Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) of the competent authority have been received against the aforesaid 03 accused public servants of the Department of Posts to investigate the offences against them.
13. Action taken : Since the above information reveals commission of offence(s) u/s as mentioned at Item No.2: (1) Registered the case and took up the investigation: Yes
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OR (4) Transfered To PS: District: on point of jurisdiction.
Attached documents: Document name Complaint ,q,1 ,----- 10. i FIR read over to the complainant/informant, admitted to be correctly recorded and a copy given to the compla titrt if / informant, free of cost. riLk R.O.A.C. \ tv
of Officer Signature/Thumb Impression of 14. Police the complainant/informant Statio Na me Sanjay ewalkrishan Sareen SUPDF. nF POLICE Rank: (ACB Ga .hinagar)
15. Date and time of dispatch to the Court:
D. till v shedlly SANY:0 KE R. AN SAREEN Dale 2021 04 12 10 42 391ST Reason
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'R M Rabari Department of Posts Assistant Superintendent of Post offices (West) Ministry of communications Ahmedabad City Division, Ahmedabad-380006 Government of India
DO No.: L/Polytechnic PO/CBI-Comp./2020-21 dated 05-04-2021.
Subject: About filing of complaint for misappropriation of the government money at Polytechnic PO under SSPOs City Division, Ahmedabad-09.
Respected sir,
It is to intimate that I, the undersigned, aforesaid complainant Rameshbhai Maganbhai
Rabari, Assistant Superintendent of Post office, City West Sub Division, Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad-380006 inform that, I have been ordered vide Senior Superintendent of Post Offices,
City Division, Ahmedabad-380009 letter No. F-I/6-1/20-2 I dated 30-03-2021 to tile complaint against the aforesaid 4 (four) persons for misappropriation of the government money by re-opening the earlier closed accounts in old Recurring Deposit Scheme, with the same number in the name of only one depositor and again closing and thereby committing the cheating/malpractice. My complaint in that context is enclosed along with copy of approval under section 17(A) (I) of
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (As Amended in 2018) of the competent authority against alleged officials of the department.
With profound respect,
Encl: Complaint
Yours Faithful'
(R.M. Rarf)t-t
Assistant Supdt. of Post Offices,
City West Sub-Division,
Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad-6
e(9 / email : aspwcstahmeciabadggmail.com (M): 9924061422
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Supdt. Of Central Bureau of Investigation,
Gujarat State, Sector-10/A,
Gandhinagar 382010
Copy for information to:
I. The Senior Superintendent of Post offices, City Division, Ahmedabad-380009
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Complainant: Rameshbhai Maganbhai Rabari, Assistant Superintendent of Post offices, City West Sub-Division, Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad-380006.
Versus: I. Kajal Hasmukhbhai Shah, W/o late Shri Haresh Shrivastav residing at 35, Shvetanjali Society- Part-2, ahead Shyamal Char Rasta, Near Yash Tower, Ahmedabad-380015 (Mo.No.75677 22111).
2. Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara, L.S.G. P.A. Navrangpura Head Post Office, Now tinder suspension. (Pay level 7, Basic - 66000, GP - 4600) residing at 35, Neminath Society, Opp: Maniyar Flats, Shantivan, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380007 (Mo.No.98240 49869)
3. Shri Tarun V. Modi, Voluntary retired from service tvef. 01-08-2018, residing at, A-8, Komal Enclave, P.T. College Road, Paldi, Ahmedabad-07 (Mo.No.94086 4636 I).
4. Shri Ravindrakumar Lalabhai Chaudhary, Postal Assistant, Navrangpura Head Post Office, Now under suspension,(Pay level 6, Basic - 53600. GP - 4200) residing at B/103, Shri Had Arjun Apartment, Ghatlodiya, Ahmedabad-380061 (Mo.No.81408 79132, 92655 40433)
1, Polytechnic Sub Post office is situated under the control of Ahmedabad City Postal Division. Shri Tarun V. Modi, residing at A-8, Kerma! Enclave, P.T. College Road, Paldi, Ahmedabad-07 had been performing duty as Postal Assistant, who has voluntarily retired on 01-
08-2018. He has worked as R.D. P.A. in Polytechnic Post Office on 28-03-2016, 31-03-2016, 08-
04-2016, 13-04-2016, 30-04-2016, 02-06-2016 and 08-06-2016 and following 14 recurring
accounts were closed by Shri Tarun V. Modi, while working as counter P.A.
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6 of 16 Date of Date of Amount SI. RD A/c Denomin Name of depositor opening closing No Number ation value 21-02-2002 28-03-2016 289178 I 2777387 2100 Shilpa A. Parekh 22-02-2002 28-03-2016 289178 2 2777390 2100 -do- 19-01-2004 31-03-2016 306186 3 2777852 2300 -do- 19-01-2004 31-03-2016 306186 4 2777853 2300 -do- 22-02-2002 08-04-2016 378686 5 2777391 2750 -do- 11-05-2002 13-04-2016 228269 6 2777446 1500 -do- 05-04-2003 30-04-2016 343019 7 2777677 2500 -do- 29-03-2003 30-04-2016 304040 8 2777671 2500 -do- 08-07-2003 02-06-2016 367995 9 2777727 3000 -do- 28-02-2003 02-06-2016 386392 10 2777654 3000 -do- 26-12-2002 08-06-2016 323893 11 2777558 2500 -do- 30-04-2003 08-06-2016 356165 12 2777696 3000 -do- 29-05-2003 08-06-2016 355108 13 2777712 3000 -do- 30-12-2004 08-06-2016 335028 14 2778144 3000 -do- Total Rs. 46,09,323
Irk maturity value of Rs. 46, 09,323 (Rupees Forty-six Lakh nine thousand three hundred twenty-three only) of all the aforesaid account was deposited in the savings account No. 5759166362 (Old No.2023422) on the dates of closing. But the Account holder of all 14 R.D. accounts namely Shilpa A. Parekh, residing at Sankul Flat, A mbawadi in her statement dated 14- 07-2020 has denied being of her and having opened the said accounts. •fhe said SB account No. 5759166362 in which the maturity amount of 14 RD accounts has been deposited, had been opened in the name of Shilpa Ajitbhai Parekh and Ajitbhai K. Parekh, (residing at Sankul Flat, Friends Colony, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad-6) on 23-03-2016 at Polytechnic Post Office. But, Shilpa A. Parekh and Ajitbhai K. Parekh have stated in their statements dated 26-02-2020 and 27-02-2020 respectively that the said savings account (5759166362) has not been opened by them and the signatures made in the form for opening account arc not of them.
2. The aforesaid 14 RD account opened in the year 2002, 2003 and 2004 ought to have been closed after five years i. e. in the year 2007, 2008 and 2009. Whereas the said accounts have been closed as Far as in the year 2016 and the account holders also deny the fact of having opened the said accounts by them. Therefore, the matter was doubtful that there can be some malpractice in this. Therefore, the Senior Superintendent of Post office, City Division. Ahmedabad vide his letter
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7 of 16 No. 1/1/6-1/20-1 dated 03-02-2021 had appointed a committee under the chairmanship of the
Senior Postmaster, Navrangpura Head Post Office to extract data of these 14 closed accounts from the old Sanchay Post Server of Navrangpura Head Post Office. All the members of the committee had met at the office of Postmaster Navrangpura on 03-02-2021 and data of aforesaid 14 accounts was obtained from the server of Navrangpura Head Post office with the help of one of the
committee member Shri Ilimesh R. Patel, Offg. IP PG, 0/0 SSPOs City Division, Ahmedabad-
09 who have earlier worked as system administrator in the department and having a good
knowledge of handling of, analyzing of Sanchay Post software. Accordingly, following data was
found.
SI. RD a/c Date of Name of the Denomination Date of closing No. No. opening account holder value of the we I 2777387 22-02-2002 Lopa Vyas 240 26-02-2008 2 2777390 26-02-2002 Mona D. Panchal 380 27-02-2009 3 2777852 19-01-2004 M.M. Bagda 335 22-01-2009 4 2777853 19-01-2004 Jayaben Bagda 335 22-01-2009 5 2777391 26-02-2002 Geeta Nayak 855 28-02-2008 6 2777446 11-05-2002 1 itendra Mistry 375 10-05-2008 7 2777677 05-04-2003 Natvar B. Prajapati 400 08-04-2008 8 2777671 29-03-2003 R.J. Shah 5(1 02-04-2008 9 2777727 08-07-2003 S.P. Prajapati 230 10-07-2008 10 2777654 28-02-2003 Vibhu It. Belani 200 03-03-2008 11 2777558 26-12-2002 TusharS 50 31-12-2007 Narsimpura 12 2777696 30-04-2003 Tushar S 50 05-05-2008 Narsimpura 13 2777712 29-05-2003 Tushar S 50 02-06-2008 Narsimpura 14 2778144 30-12-2004 TusharS 50 31-12-2009 Narsimpura
Thus, RD accounts with the numbers mentioned in the aforesaid Para No.1 (Table) were
found closed by the concerned account holder with the different denomination value on different
dates in the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 as mentioned in the aforesaid table (Para No.2).
14 RD accounts with the numbers mentioned in the Para No.1 (Table) which were closed
in the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 as mentioned in aforesaid table (Para No.2), 14 RD accounts were
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8 of 16 again opened with the same numbers in the name of only one person namely Shilpa A. Parekh with different denomination value by manipulating the password of data entry super in the data entry software of Sanchay Post of the department of post and, by making posting in data entry as mentioned in Para No.I (Table) the said accounts were again closed on different dates in the year
2016 by forging the signature of Shilpa A. Parekh in SB-7A (form for closing of account) and,
the entire amount of the closed accounts was deposited in the fake savings bank account No.
5759166362 opened in the name of account holder Shitpa A. Parekh and thereafter, the amount
was withdrawn on different dates by cheque with the signatures in the name of Shilpa A. Parekh.
Posting in the ledger posting in respect of these 14 RD accounts which were closed on different
dates of different months in the year 2016. has been made on Sundays and Public Holidays and it
proves that malpractice has been committed. The details of which are as under.
SI. Account No. Dates No. 1 2777387 16-01-2005, 27-02-2005,24-04-2005, 15-05-2005, 24-12-2006 (Sunday), 26-01-2006 (Closed holiday) 2 2777390 26-06-2006, 24-07-2005, 26-11-2006, 24-12-2006 (Sunday), 15-08-2005 (Closed holiday) 3 2777852 18-07-2004, 17-10-2004, 24-12-2006, 25-02-2007, 15-07-2007, 14-09- 2008, 25-01-2009, 15-11-2009 (Sunday), 15-08-2005, 14-04-2006, 15- 08-2009 (Closed holiday) 4 2777853 22-08-2004, 24-04-2005, 15-05-2005, 16-04-2006, 18-11-2007, 09-11- 2008, 18-01-2009, 15-03-2009 (Sunday), 15-08-2009 (Closed holiday) 5 2777391 21-11-2004, 17-04-2005, 15-05-2005, 26-08-2005, 25-06-2006, 24-12- 2006 (Sunday), 15-08-2002, 14-04-2004, 25-12-2005, 26-01-2006 (Closed holiday) 6 2777446 25-04-2004, 14-11-2004, 17-04-2005, 15-05-2005, 15-04-2007, 14-04- 2008 (Sunday), 15-08-2002, 15-08-2003 (Closed holiday) 7 2777677 15-05-2005, 15-10-2006, 18-02-2007, 27-04-2008, 15-02-2009 (Sunday), 14-04-2004, 14-04-2005, 15-08-2008 (Closed holiday) 2777671 16-05-2004, 27-06-2004, 26-06-2006,26-11-2006, 17-12-2006, 15-07- 2007, 26-10-2008, 25-01-2009 (Sunday), 15-08-2006 (Closed holiday) 9 2777727 22-02-2004, 14-03-2004, 22-08-2004, 17-04-2005, 15-05-2005, 26-06- 2005, 17-07-2005, 18-09-2005, 18-06-2006, 19-11-2006, 19-11-2006, 14-01-2007, 18-03-2007, 22-04-2007, 16-12-2007, 18-05-2008 (Sunday), 15-08-2005, 25-12-2005, 14-04-2008 (Closed holiday) 10 2777654 26-12-2004, 18-09-2005, 16-10-2005, 17-06-2007, 26-08-2007 (Sunday) 15-08-2003 (Closed holiday) 1 2777558 26-01-2005, 15-05-2005, 15-08-2005, 25-12-2005, 15-08-2006 (Closed holiday), 10-07-2005 (Sunday) J
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9 of 16 12 2777696 25-04-2004, 27-03-2005, 15-05-2005, 17-07-2005, 25-02-2007, 24-06- 2007, 16-09-2007 (Sunday), 14-04-2005, 15-08-2005 (Closed holiday) 13 2777712 29-02-2004, 25-04-2004, 25-07-2004, 28-11-2004, 26-12-2004, 26-02- 2006, 18-02-2007, 25-03-2007, 27-05-2007, 26-08-2007, 28-10-2007, 25-11-2007,27-08-2008 (Sunday) 14 2778144 18-12-2005, 18-11-2007, 18-05-2008, 15-03-2009, 14-06-2009 (Sunday), 26-01-2008 (Closed holiday)
The aforesaid 14 RD account were closed on date 28-03-2016, 31-03-2016, 08-04-2016, 13-04-2016, 30-04-2016, 02-06-2016 and 08-06-2016. These 14 accounts were closed by Shri Tarun V. Modi (voluntary retired from service wef.01-08-2018) while working as Counter Clerk.
The form for opening accounts (SB-3) of all these 14 RD accounts were got prepared afresh without obtaining KYC documents including Photograph of the depositors. In this matter he states that, the since the said account opening forms were sent to the divisional office/head office, he had got prepared all these forms afresh with the details of the name of Shilpa A. Parekh, Sankul Flat. Kajal H. Shah had impressed her Agency stamp and signed as introducer and witness on the said forms. She was working as MPKBY Agent having agency No. G/N4PK/AHD/NBY/1474 valid up to 07-09-2011 of Polytechnic Post office. At the time of closing of the said 14 accounts and filling the fresh AOF/SB-3 forms Shri Modi had not obtained photographs and necessary documents of the account holder as per risk category. Moreover, he had also not obtained necessary documents of the account holder as per risk category while crediting the maturity amount of the said 14 accounts in the savings bank account and, thereby he has committed breach of P.O. S.B. Order No.09/2007 dated 22-06-2007, S.B. order No.14/2012 dated 09-10-2012 and the Rule No.115(2) I (a) of the P.O.S.B. Manual Volume-1 (corrected up to Apri1,2016). Shri Tarun V. Modi has accepted this fact in his written statement dated 10-02-2021 and, stated that this defect is left due to excessive workload.
3. Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara, residing at 35, Neminath Society, Opp: Maniyar Flats, Shand Van, Paid', Ahmedabad-380007 had been performing duty as Sub Postmaster in Polytechnic Post office from 01-07-2012 to 21-08-2016 and, who is presently working as L.S.G. Postal Assistant, Navrangpura HO. lie had performed duty as Postmaster, Polytechnic Post office on 28-03-2016, 31-03-2016, 08-04-2016, 13-04-2016, 30-04-2016, 02-06-2016 and 08-06-2016 and, the 12D accounts mentioned in Para No.1 running in Polytechnic Post office were closed on
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lOof 16 aforesaid dates by him after verification. All the 14 vouchers, which were received by him on the aforesaid dates were presented by Shri Tarun V. Medi in contravention of rules of the department
of posts, were signed, approved, and consented on all the vouchers of 14 RD accounts in
connivance by Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara. He had also not checked the matter that
posting in the ledgers of aforesaid 14 RD account was made on the Sundays and Public holidays.
Photograph of the account holder was not obtained in the fresh account opening form and,
documents as per risk category were not obtained from the account holder prior to crediting the
maturity amount of RD account into fake savings bank account on the concerned dates. Shri
Dhalgara has stated in his written statement dated 05-02-2021 and 08-02-2021 that, it has been left
to be seen in the ledger copy that there were Sundays and public holidays on the concerned dates.
He has committed the breach of P.O. S.B. order No.09/2007 dated 22-06-2007, S.B. Order
No.14/2012 dated 09-10-2012 and rule No. 115(2)0) of the POSB Manual Volume-1(corrected up
to April 2016) of the department of post.
Moreover, as stated in her statement dated 18-01-2021 by Kajal H. Shah who was agent in
Polytechnic Post office, her late husband Shri Haresh Shrivastav had made financial transaction
with Postmaster Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara and, her husband had given about Rs.80
Lakh to Shri Dhalgara and, when she demanded back the money in this matter, Shri Dhalgara
informed her that, he has paid amount of 30 to 40 Lakh to her late husband by selling his house
and he shall pay the remaining amount. But, despite frequent demand on phone and in person, Shri
Dhalgara does not return the outstanding amount given by her husband and giving evasive replies.
Agent, Kajal Shah had also given with her statement; a copy of the Bank statement of account No.
107004063717 running in the name of Pushti Group in Ahmedabad; District Co-operative Bank
Ltd. Accordingly, Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara has obtained following amounts on the
dates shown against each from the late husband of Kajal Shah.
I 19-04-2016 Rs. 5,00,000/- (Cheque No.000102) 2 19-04-2016 Rs. 5,00,000/- (Cheque No.000103) 3. 21-04-2016 Its. 5,00,000/- (Cheque No.000108) 4. 21-04-2016 Rs. 5,00,000/- (Cheque No.000109) 5. 26-04-2016 Rs. 5,00,000!- (Cheque No.000110) 6. 25-05-2016 Rs. 5,00,000/- (Cheque No.000142)
Total Rs. 30,00,000/- (Thirty Lakh only)
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11 of 16 On making inquiry in this matter, Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara has accepted the aforesaid fact in his statement dated 27-01-2021 and stated that, those transactions were his personal transactions with the late husband of Kajal Shah which are not applicable to the department of posts.
Savings account No.5759166362 which was opened on 23-03-2016 in the name of Shilpa
A. Parekh and Ajitbhai K. Parekh, both residing at Sankul Apartment, Friends Colony,
Ahmedabad-6, both the account holders have denied having opened this account by them. The said bogus savings bank account was opened on 23-03-2016 by Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara by virtue of his designation of Postmaster, Polytechnic Post office. Shri Khagen Vinodchandra
Dhalgara, who had performed duty as Postmaster, Polytechnic Post office on 23-03-2016, had opened the savings bank account No. 5759166362 with amount of Rs.1000/- as cheque account in the names of Shilpa A. Parekh and Ajitbhai K. Parekh, residing at Sankul Flat, Friends Colony,
Ahmedabad-6, But, both the account holders, i.e., Shilpa A. Parekh and Ajit K. Parc kh have denied having opened this account. Shri Dhalgara had given consent by committing breach of the rules of the department of posts. Prior to giving consent, Slid Dhalgara had ignored the fact that both the
account holder are personally not present in the post office, the signatures of both the account
holders given in the form for opening account did not tally with their signatures in the documents
given for opening the account and, despite not having passport size photographs with the form
and, date 20-01-2016 was written in the Xerox copy of the Pan Card and Driving License, whereas
this was presented on 23-03-2016 to open account. This is also a contradiction however, all these
facts were ignored by Shri Dhalgara while signing in the said account opening form and impressing
below the stamp of Sub Postmaster, Polytechnic and, given consent for opening this bogus savings
bank account and cheque book was also issued. Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara has accepted
the aforesaid fact in his written statement dated 29-01-2021 and has stated that, this error has
occurred due to oversight.
Thus, he by opening aforesaid bogus/fake savings account, had deposited the amount of
Rs.46,09.323/- in the said savings account. From the aforesaid bogus/fake savings account, Shri
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12 of 16 Dhalgara had passed the following transactions by virtue of his designation as postmaster with the cheques with the amounts mentioned below. Despite, the signature on the cheque did not tally with the signature made in the fake savings bank account opening form, he had not raised any objection and, he has accepted this fact in his written statement dated 13-01-2021, 27-01-2021 and 29-01-
2021 and have stated that, this error has occurred due to oversight.
Cheque No. SI. Date Amount No. 610981 1 30-03-2016 500000/- 610982 2 31-03-2016 690000/- 3 09-04-2016 380000/- 610983 4 15-04-2016 229000/- 610984 5 27-04-2016 332000/- 610985 6 30-04-2016 687000/- 610986 7 02-06-2016 755000/- 610987 09-06-2016 1370000/- 610988
4. In committing this irregularity, Kajal Hasmukhhhai Shah, residing at 35, Shvetanjli Society Part-2, Ahead Shyamal Char Rasta, Near Yash Tower, Ahmedabad-380015 (Mo.No.756772211 I)
is involved. Aforesaid, 14 RD account were closed on 28-03-2016, 31-03-2016, 08-04-2016, 13-
04-2016, 30-04-2016, 02-06-2016 and 08-06-2016. SI3-3 Forms (for opening of account) of all
these 14 accounts were prepared on the dates these were closed and in all these forms Shilpa A.
Parekh, Sankul Flats, Ahmedabad was written and, different denomination value in each form was
written and impressed the stamp of her agency as introducer by Kajal Shah and, she has impressed
stamp of her agency and signed as witness and, Kajal H. Shah has impressed stamp of her agency
on forms for closure also. Whereas, Shilpa A. Parekh, has stated in her statement that she had not
opened any such account, nor the signatures in it are made by her and, that no such accounts have
been closed by her. It is proved from this fact that, Kajal H. Shah had impressed stamp of her
agency and placed her signatures on the forms for opening of bogus, fresh 14 RD accounts and, it
is proved that she has helped in preparing fake documents by impressing stamp of her agency and
her signatures in the forms for closure of these 14 accounts. Kajal H. Shah states in her written
statement dated 18-01-2021 that, signatures made on all these 14 new forms arc not her own, as
the work of her agency was being handled by her late husband Shri Haresh Shrivastav and that,
she has seen Polytechnic Post office only alter death of her husband.
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13 of 16 5. Shri Ravindrakumar Lalabhai Chaudhary, Postal Assistant, Navrangpura Head Post Office, residing at B/103, Shri Hari Arjun Apartment, Near Shivnagar Society, Ghatlodiya, Ahmedabad-
380061 (Mo. No. 81408 79132, 92655 40433) had worked as counter clerk at Polytechnic Post office on 09-06-2016. During the period Shri Khagen Vinodchandra Dhalgara, who was performing duty at Polytechnic Post office on 23-02-2016 and opened fake/bogus savings bank account No.5759166362 in the names of Shilpa A. Parekh and Ajitbhai K. Parekh, a self-cheque
No.610988 for Rs. 13,70,0001- issued from the said bogus savings hank account was received at counter with Shri Ravindra Chaudhary on 09-06-2016. The said cheque was signed in the name of the account holder Shilpa A. Parekh. That signature did not tally with the specimen signature made by Shilpa A. Parekh on the form of opening of the account and however, Shri Ravindra Chaudhary while making the said payment of Rs. 13,70,000/- did not obtain any witness and did not raise any objection and that, by ignoring this fact the cheque was transferred to Postmaster, Shri Khagen
Vinodchandra Dhalgara for further action/for passing. While accepting this fact Shri Chaudhary has in his statement dated 29-01-2021 stated that, this error has occurred due to excessive workload.
Moreover, as stated in her statement dated 18-01-2021, by Kaj al H. Shah who was working as Agent in Polytechnic Post office, her late husband shri Haresh Shrivastav had made transactions with Shri Ravindra Chaudhary and her husband had given about Rs. 46,57,900/- to Shri Ravindra
Chaudhary and when she had frequently reminded Shri Chaudhary on phone and in person for money, he does not return the money given by her husband. Agent Kajal Shah had also given copy of the diary of her husband with her statement. On asking Shri Chaudhary about this matter then, he has stated in his statement dated 29-01-2021 that, most of the aforesaid amount of Rs.
46,57,900/- has been returned to her late husband, Shri Haresh Shrivastay. Once he had given the amount after withdrawal from G.P.F. and only amount of Rs.3 to 3.5 Lakh is to be returned which he will return to Kajal Ben within a short period.
In addition to aforesaid 14 RD accounts, 2 RD account /5'0.2778 190 and 2778189 were not
current as per the database of the server of Polytechnic Post office of Nagrangpura 14.0. When,
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Chennai-600002 and, as per the details got from it, both the accounts were closed on 27-04-2016
by re-opening with the Data entry super password of Sanchay Post by Shri Tarun V. Modi and
Shri K.V. Dhalgara on the same date after changes made which comprises at SI.8 of Annex ure-A
and, the total amount of financial malpractice/misappropriation of total 16 RD accounts comes to
Rs. 4943899/- including the maturity amount of Rs.166788/- and Rs. 166788/- respectively of both
these accounts. This amount of malpractice /misappropriation of Rs. 4943899/- had been deposited
in the bogus savings bank account No.5759166362 (Old No.2023422) opened in the name of
Shilpa Ajit Parekh and thereafter, the said amount has been withdrawn on different dates by forging signatures of Shilpa Ajit Parekh.
In addition to the aforesaid detail, the centre for excellence in postal technology, Chennai-
600002 vides their letter No. CEPT/(Cli)ifi- I/Polytechnic PO/ dated at Chennai the 10-03-2021,
has sent D.V.D. of the Data Entry changes extracted, in which, details of changes occurred in
37730 RD accounts (from 01-01-2013 to 30-06-2016) have been provided. On verification of this
DVD by Shri Ilimesh R. Patel, Offg. IP PG, 0/o SSPOs City Division, Ahmedaabad-09 (Mo.
No.8780082055) malpractice has been found in 606 accounts till this date (including aforesaid 16 accounts), Shri Himesh Patel may be approached for any technical support or understanding the working of Sanchay Post software. The departmental inquiry is going on by the investigating squad, and that, the total amount of malpractice in total 606 accounts opened by Agent, Kajal H.
Shah comes to Rs. 1/3,60,87,580/- (Rupees Eighteen Crore Sixty Lakh Eighty-Seven thousand five hundred eighty only). There are possibilities of malpractice in more accounts in the data entry changes extracted DVD received from CEPT Chennai and, looking to totality the figure of the amount of malpractice/misappropriation is likely to be high sky-reached. Flintier following officials of department had worked during the year 2012 to 2016 at polytechnic post office.
1. Shri K J Patel ( 29-07-2011 to 27-06-2015)
2. Shri 1 B Darji (04-04-2012 to 26-07-2012)
3. Shri K V Dhalgara (01-07-2012 to 22-08-2016)
4. Shri R L Chaudhary (01-07-2012 to 10-08-2016)
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15 of 16 5. Shri M I Tai (01-07-2012 to 01-08-2016) 6. Shri T V Moth (13-06-2015 to 01-08-2018) 7. Shri S R Shah (18-08-2016 to 30-06-2018) 8. Shri S V Chunara (10-08-2016 to 11-03-2018) 9. Shri A A Patel (20-09-2016 to 15-07-2019) 10. Shri V 1 Parmar , MTS (Oct 2012 to April 2016 Approx.) 11. Shri V D Vyas , MTS (April 2016 to March 2020 Approx.)
Therefore, kindly register my complaint in this matter and give copy of the F.I.R. Certified copies of the concerned documents arc annexed herewith.
Yours Faithfully,
(R.M. Rabari)
Assistant Supdt. of Post Offices,
City West Sub-Division,
Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad-6
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