The absconding Bhawanipatna Stadium Sub-Post Office Post Master was arrested by the Town police on Tuesday on the charge of embezzlement of depositors’ savings worth Rs45 lakh in 2016.
Sources said Post Master Adity Majhi had siphoned off the money of 61 gullible depositors. He was absconding since 2016 after the matter came to the fore. A case in this connection was lodged at the Bhawanipatna Town police station. The police who were tracking his movements was successful in nabbing him from his paternal house in Jaipatna.
“Aditya Majhi was working as Post Master at Stadium Sub Post Office where he had misappropriated savings of some depositors in 2016. The matter came to light during internal audit of the post office and a case 02/2016 was registered against him.
During investigation into the case it was found that he had misappropriated deposits amounting to nearly Rs50 lakh,” informed Town PS IIC Surendra Nath Sathpathy.
Meanwhile, police have forwarded Majhi to court. Though the money has not been recovered his bank accounts have been frozen. Police has also requested the court to confiscate properties of Majhi.