The Chhota Udepur district police have booked an Assistant Accountant of the Water and Sanitation management Organisation (WASMO) of Chhota Udepur district for allegedly defrauding the department of Rs 1.41 crores through 56 transactions into his personal account between November 2024 and October this year.

WASMO Assistant Accountant Timir Hasmukh Patel has been booked for forgery, using forged documents and criminal breach of trust after it came into light that Patel had siphoned off money from the Water and Sanitation department grants meant for various programmes in the rural areas.

An FIR lodged at Chhota Udepur police station, based on the complaint of WASMO Unit manager states the fraud came to light during Diwali last month when the cheques meant for paying staff salary were not d

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