MSRTC clerk arrested after siphoning Rs 21.8 lac from tax account

Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai

Mumbai, Nov 10: A senior clerk of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), who had been absconding for nearly a year after allegedly siphoning off Rs 21.8 lac from the corporation’s income tax payment account, has finally been arrested by the Nagpada police from Sion area last week.

The accused, identified as Prathmesh Pawar (33), a resident of Khadakpada in Kalyan, was produced before the local court, which remanded him to police custody.

According to police, the fraud came to light in June last year when Pawar suddenly stopped attending work, citing illness. During his absence, his junior staff attempted to access the official income tax payment account managed by him and sought his user ID and password. When Pawar remained unreachab