Police on Sunday arrested a suspended government employee for siphoning Rs 37.95 lakhs from the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corp Ltd (CSMCL) in 2021.
Dhamtari Superintendent of Police Prashant Thakur identified him as Harshendra Kumar Sahu of Dhamtari town.
A cheating case was lodged against Sahu in 2021.
Sahu was a grade-III employee in a government-run higher secondary school in Saloni village. He was later posted as a grade-III employee in CSMCL.
He siphoned Rs 37.95 lakhs from the corporation’s bank account and transferred the money into the accounts of his relatives and family between 2018 and 2021.
He was arrested from his residence and a court sent him to prison.