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offices which handled these parcels or in a few cases of parcels
insured a fraction of the insured amount would be disbursed and
case closed.When this became alarming the Deputy Director
General (Vigilance)’s attention was drawn to the situation
obtaining in Hyderabad.The situation became so alarming that
detailed reports from circle office didn’t carry conviction with
the directorate.So Mr.(Col) Shivnath , the DDG (Vigilance)
visited Hyderabad and held discussion with me as to the
possible modus operandi that could result in the loss of valuable

contents of these parcels.Col.Sivnath was so sensitive and
polished an officer who didn’t want to offend me during
discussions about either laxity in investigation or total
helplessness in tackling the cases,chose to take me to a nearby
theatre ostensibly to view a Hindi movie.I was puzzled at his
behaviour and wondered if he really wanted to pass time in my
company or was going to administer to me a stern rebuke in
dark ambience of a cinema theatre.So when the matter came up
as to what procedure would I employ to bring this abstraction
scandal to a speedy end I ventured to seek three months time
within which the racket would be busted.I had a band of
dedicated Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents who shared
my ideas of cleansing bad elements in the sorting offices.We
prepared a chart showing names of drivers of mail motor
vehicles carrying mail bags, mail guards who used to accompany
these vehicles for purpose of lifting and loading bags.This chart
was prepared after observing for a period of 3 months who were
all on duty in a repeated manner and that too drafted for work on
identical days when such staff would be on duty.Already I had
been following this case personally whereby I used to frequent
all the familiar haunts which the staff in question used to
visit.Mr.Waghmare was one such dedicated ASRMs who was
instructed to watch for any abnormal movement of the MMS
vehicles and delayed arrival of these vans at the sorting offices
where mail and parcel bags were to be handed over.

Busting of mail theft racket:

I received a call rom Mr.Waghmare at an early hour in the
morning on a Saturday when I was informed that a MMS vehicle

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