A case of fraud worth Rs 3.98 lakh by a Government school teacher of Itkhedi was registered at Gunga police station on Tuesday. The teacher used to withdraw scholarship cheques of the students by forging them.
According to the police the accused Ashok Kumar Gupta is a teacher at Government High School, Itkhedi. The matter came into fore when the huge sums were withdrawn against the scholarships.
Earlier in the year 2012 when the Principal of the School Chhaya Pal came to know about the financial irregularities in the scholarship disbursement she investigated the matter and found that Ashok Kumar Gupta had withdrawn large amount of money in the name of scholarship.
She instructed to refund the money but Gupta deposited Rs 1.32 lakh.
The investigating officer SI Gyan Singh Bhadoria told that during preliminary investigations it was found that around 12 cheques of bearing big amounts were withdrawn from the bank. The investigation is on and it is possible that during further investigation more forged cheques might be revealed.
Providing the modus operandi Bhadoria told that after the cheques were signed by the principal of the school the accused used to increase the sum mentioned in the cheques and would withdraw the amount.
The principal remained unaware about the fraud as Gupta handled the financial transactions.
Gupta was suspended from the school last year when it was found that he was involved in the forged withdrawals. The police have registered a case under section 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC and have started further investigation.