Kozhikode (Keralam), Nov 12 (PTI) A court here on Thursday sentenced a former senior accountant of the Kozhikode Sub-Treasury to eight years of rigorous imprisonment for embezzling over Rs 67 lakh using fabricated sales tax refund bills.
Kozhikode Vigilance Court Judge Shibu Thomas also imposed a fine of Rs 90,000 on S Kannan (55), a native of Thiruvannur in Kozhikode, who was working as a senior accountant at the Kozhikode Additional Sub-Treasury when the offence took place.
According to the prosecution, during 2003-04, Kannan conspired with another person from Kolathara in Kozhikode and fabricated sales tax refund bills and supporting documents as though they had been issued by the Sales Tax Office.
He submitted the forged documents to the Kozhikode Sub-Treasury and obtained sanction for Rs 67,66,778 in the name of the second accused, which was subsequently misappropriated.
The Kozhikode Vigilance and Corruption Bureau (VACB) Unit registered a case in 2005.
After completing the investigation and filing the charge sheet, the case was tried before the Vigilance Court.
The second accused, a native of Kolathara, died in 2009.
Public Prosecutor Arun Nath K appeared for the prosecution. PTI TBA TBA ADB
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