FDA booked for misuse of Police Commissioner’s seal
A government employee in Mangaluru has been suspended and booked for criminal breach of trust after allegedly misusing the Police Commissioner's seal to falsify medical reimbursement claims. The investigation follows a complaint filed by the accounts branch of the police office.
Why it matters
This case highlights internal corruption and the misuse of official authority within government administrative offices.
A first division assistant (FDA) at the office of Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy was booked for misusing the seal of the Police Commissioner while submitting a claim for the reimbursement of treatment expenses.
In the complaint, S.I. Vandalkar, the Superintendent at the account’s branch of the Police Commissioner’s office, said S.T. Yashaswini, FDA, submitted a claim seeking reimbursement of ₹1.95 lakh towards her husband Pushpakumar’s hip surgery, and annexed bills amounting to ₹15,398. Among the bills annexed were those related to her mother S. Pankaja’s treatment. Pushpakumar’s Essentiality Certificate did not have the hospital’s medical officer's signature, but had a signature with seal ‘For Commissioner of Police’.
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