The owner of a company lodged a complaint with the Commissioner of Police that his employee had swindled Rs. 30 lakh. However, when police enquired him after a scrutiny of accounts, he admitted that only Rs. 7 lakh was siphoned off and the worker had given an undertaking to return the money.
In another case, a man from Thanjavur complained that a Madurai-based company duped him of Rs. 3.5 lakh, after he made payment for a paper cup-making machine. However, during questioning, it was revealed that the complainant had taken delivery of the machine and since he defaulted on paying a bank loan, the machinery was seized. In fact, the complainant owed Rs. 50,000 to the company.
These were two of 22 petitions disposed of recently at a petitioners’ mela, organised on the initiative of Commissioner of Police Shailesh Kumar Yadav. Out of 140 cases pending with the City Crime Branch, 68 were taken up at the mela held on February 20, 21 and 22.
“With the limited manpower, the officials at the CCB could not take up all the petitions on time, leading to backlog,” Mr. Yadav said. The Commissioner deputed six Inspectors to the CCB to expedite disposal of petitions.
The police summoned the petitioners and respondents in select cases. However, individuals related to only 44 cases turned up. In 22 cases, the petitioners and the respondents arrived at a compromise and such petitions were disposed of. “In cases where the respondents came forward to pay the money within a timeframe or in instalments, the petitions were withdrawn,” CCB Assistant Commissioner Jesu Jeyapaul said. Mr. Yadav said that such melas would be organised periodically.
22 petitions were disposed of recently at a petitioners’ mela, reports S. Sundar
