Rs 1 crore embezzlement in cooperative Society: Secretary commits suicide, 3 inspectors booked

Nawanshahr: The district police today have registered a case on charges of abetment of suicide against three inspectors of the Garhi Kango Multipurpose Society, a government approved cooperative society here, after its secretary committed suicide.

An inquiry of Rs 1 crore embezzlement in the society by going on and deceased Sukhdev Singh was allegedly pressurized by accused inspector, following which he committed suicide after jumping in the river on August 11, the FIR states. His body was found in the Canal in Jalandhar, police said.

A case was registered against three Inspectors including Kapil Kumar, Baldeep Singh and Aseespal Singh of the Garhi Kango Multipurpose Society under Sections 306 (Abetment of suicide) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC.

The case has been registered against them on the complaint filed by victim’s wife Manpreet Kaur of Nawanshahr.

In her complaint, she alleged that the accused has been mentally harassing him for a past few weeks and demanding Rs 6 lakh corruption threatening to implicate him in a false embezzlement case.

Inquiry officer and assistant sub-inspector Bikram Singh said that preliminary inquiry indicates that the accused had mentally harassed him, following which, he took this extreme step.

ASI said that they were reportedly pressuring him to pay Rs 6 lakh to clear his name in a ongoing department inquiry.

“Further investigation is underway and more people may also be named in the case. Accused are absconding and raids are on to nab them,” he said.