IANS | 26 Apr, 2024
A cashier at Lucknow Electric Supply Authority’s (LESA) Mahanagar
sub-divisional office allegedly vanished after stealing over Rs 52.5
lakh in collected revenue from customers.
After waiting for more
than a week, an official from the Executive Engineer’s office filed a
complaint with the Aliganj police station on Thursday.
The matter
had been circulating internally at LESA since Ajay Kumar Verma, a
cashier from Sector C, Indira Nagar under the Ghazipur police station’s
jurisdiction, disappeared from his duties and failed to report to his
supervisor.
Verma, who was entrusted with collecting electricity
bill payments as revenue for the department, went on leave on April 18
without informing any of his colleagues.
On April 22, a colleague
from the cash section informed the Executive Engineer’s office at
Madhyanchal Vidhyut Vitran Nigam in Aliganj about Verma’s sudden
disappearance.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) for the North
Zone, Abhijit Shankar, said that the police have registered a case and
initiated investigations.
