Woman constable suspended for submitting false medical certificates

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On the charge of submitting false medical certificates for securing Government funds by stating that her daughter has contacted a serious heart ailment, the woman constable Sunita, deputed at Kalsi police station, Dehradun has been suspended. Besides, departmental action has been ordered. A case under appropriate sections of IPC has also been registered against the woman constable in the police station concerned, police sources said.
It is learnt that Sunita had written a letter to police headquarters, stating that her daughter had developed a hole in her heart in 2015 and seeking money for her treatment from the police department. She had also sought money from then Chief Minister Harish Rawat for the treatment of her daughter. Subsequently, `75, 000 had been approved by the State administration. With doubts aroused over the correctness of the documents given, the State administration has directed additional DGP (administration) to conduct an inquiry into the same.  Subsequently, ADGP had appointed DSP (budget) at PHQ Bl Tamta to conduct the probe.  Investigation had revealed that the anticipated medical expenditure as submitted by the constable in the name of a doctor had been found false. No doctor of the name mentioned in the documents had been found working at Apollo Hospital, Delhi. Note pad which has been used for anticipated expenditure by the hospital had also been found false.    
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