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(India): Bureaucrat's cash goes missing from Thai Airways flight

Monday, 11 Aug 2008

  • Source: ExpressIndia
  • Date: 8/11/2008
  • Description:  Bureaucrat's cash goes missing from Thai Airways flight
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    Bureaucrat’s cash goes missing from Thai Airways flight

     

    Express News Service Posted: Nov 08, 2008 at 0418 hrs
     
     
    Kolkata, November 07 A top bureaucrat in the state government allegedly lost nearly Rs 50,000 while on an official trip to Tokyo to attend a conference of the Asian Development Bank.

     

    The Principal Secretary of the Environment Department, ML Meena, left the city on November 1 for Tokyo via Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight.

     

    “I was carrying about Rs 10,000 and $700 in cash, which I had kept in a bag,” said Meena. However, according to the principal secretary, he discovered the money was missing from his luggage after he reached Tokyo.

     

    “I was shocked to see that the cash was missing from my bag, but the lock was not tampered with,” said Meena.

     

    After landing in the city on Tuesday night, Meena lodged an FIR with the airport police station.

     

    Since Air India is the official handling agent for Thai Airways in Kolkata, the airlines officials were quick to point out a few technical errors on the part of the bureaucrat.

     

    “If he was carrying the cash in a registered baggage, he should have declared it with the airlines. Moreover, he was traveling via Bangkok and the money could have been stolen anywhere. The safety strap on the luggage was also intact,” said an Air India official.

     

    Officers at the airport police station confirmed that Meena had lodged an FIR on Tuesday. “We have forwarded a request to Air India and the airlines officials have assured us their full cooperation in investigating the case,” a police officer said.