Slackness Of The Authorities Resulted Embezzlement
There is slackness on the part of the authorities in keeping track of the activities at post offices resulting in embezzlement of depositors money, if the couple of incidents that took place recently in Coimbatore and Erode are any indication.Hardly a month ago, there were reports of largescale swindling by a Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojana (MPKBY) agent at Kovaipudur post office. Acting on complaints, the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices (SSP) placed one of its staff under suspension pending inquiry.
And Fridays incident at Kollampalayam near Erode wherein the depositors besieged the post office demanding return of their money following allegations against sub-post master Sivakumar, who is alleged to have misappropriated over Rs 15 lakh, brings to the fore the sorry state of affairs of the postal department. Senior citizen Ramakrishanan said the public were losing faith in the postal department as the authorities at higher levels were in the habit of washing their hands off their responsibility by playing the blame game.
