Title - Over Rs 1 lakh go missing from railway counter

Around Rs 1.27 lakh cash kept inside the railway ticket counter at Junction railway Station at Kottar near here on Sunday night has been reported missing from the counter.

According to sources, senior commercial clerk Muthuswamy Pandian was on duty at the ticket counter at Junction railway station on Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm. After finishing his work at around 8 pm, Pandian counted the cash amounting to Rs 1.27 lakh collected through ticket sale and kept it on a table behind him, sources said.

Meanwhile, after keeping the money on the table, Muthuswamy Pandian started checking the accounts. During the course of work, when he turned back, he was shocked to find the cash kept on the table missing, said railway police.

On information railway police led by Inspector Paulraj rushed to the ticket counter and conducted an enquiry. Except railway staff, none other could enter the ticket counter and the table in which Pandian was said to have kept the cash was also not approachable through the ticket counter opening, said railway police.

Subsequently, the railway police conducted an enquiry with three railway employees who were at the ticket counter when the incident occurred on Sunday. Following a complaint from Pandian, railway police filed a FIR and are investigating.