New Delhi:A postman from Indore has allegedly sold hundreds of letters, bills and insurance intimations to a waste paper dealer instead of delivering them.
The postal department launched a probe against the postman after the stunned people of Navlakha area of the city brought the matter to light.
The police has seized letters and other material from the waste dealer, Director of Postal Services Madhvi Dabral told reporters Letters, intimations from Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), magazines and documents like telephone bills.
Weighing nearly three kilograms, these were allegedly sold by the postman to the scrap dealer Azam, who in his statement said that the postman sold such letters to him earlier too.
Nearly 250 letters were found in Azam's shop after which they were posted on June 15, Dabral said.
A two-member committee of the postal department will submit its report on the matter on Thursday after which authorities will disclose the name of the accused postman though the department has already identified him.
The postal department is also informing banks and other institutions, urging them to re-issue the documents and to waiver late fees if possible. In case that is not possible, the postal department will bear the costs, according to Dabral.
"Definitely, the incident has damaged the reputation of the department and we are taking all possible steps to regain the trust of people in the postman," Dabral said, adding this was the first time such an incident had come to her notice.
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