Prayagraj, 29 November (HS). An employee of Allahabad High Court Bar Association is accused of embezzling more than Rs 9 crore from the Bar’s account. This scam has been done from the year 2018 to November 2024. Regarding this, Chairman .l Tiwari has issued a show cause notice to the accused Staff Office Superintendent Pawan Pandey and sought clarification.
According to the case, the accused employee complained to the Bar President about the theft of Rs 25 lakh from the amount deposited in the Bar. Then it was also told that showing good intentions, he himself deposited the stolen amount in the account. When there was suspicion, investigation was conducted and it was found that the game of stealing money from the bar’s account had been going on for a long time. The accused employee used to collect the amount deposited at various counters of the Bar Association and deposit it in the account. But he kept a part of it for himself.
After using it for personal gain for a few days, he used to deposit it in the bar’s account again by tampering with the software and making duplicate receipts. Due to this, the Bar Association has suffered huge loss in the interest received from the bank. Five lakh rupees from the account have also been found missing. Regarding which clarification has been sought from him.
