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reported at a head post office for exchange of bags 10 minutes
behind schedule.I instructed him to proceed to the Head office in
question and enquire if any parcels were received in a tampered
condition.When similar was the case the ASRM in the presence
of all concerned staff opened the bag in question and made an
inventory of the contents of the bags opened.In a particular bag
received from a Sorting Office in Uttar Pradesh silver articles
mentioned in the correspondence accompanying the parcel were
not to be seen and instead some small stones were noticed.Their

weight tallied with the weight recorded on the list or invoice by
the Sorting Officials who handled the bag in question, last.Then it
was apparent that the official who by mere handling the parcel
could suspect its contents got in touch with the driver and guard
who were drafted on duty on that day with the help of office
telephone of the concerned office where as per the schedule of
arrivals and departures the staff in question would also make
themselves fmiliar with the post office staff and help themselves
to the information conveyed by the Registration assistant in the
Sorting Office which despatched the parcel bag in question.The
information was vital in as much as the MMS crew would come
to know about weight and dimension of the precious commodity
which they will prey upon!The crew selected a secluded location
under a tree on the Tank bund road alongside Hussain Sagar Lake
and conveniently open the bag in question and extract the
contents and replace the same with stones of corresponding
weight and reseal the contents in the bag as before .The entire
operation would not cost more that 10 minutes and that would
explain the reason for the delayed arrival of the van.So when I
was posted with this information I lost no time and gave
permission to the police inspector to cause search of the
residences of the suspected officials who were on duty that
day.Not only several valuable contents were found but names of
all the other conspirators were also got divulged from the staff
who were apprehanded that day and their premises
searched.With the prosecution of the drivers and guards who
were involved in the fraud successfully concluded almost a
decade long history of crime in Hyderabad came to an

end.Mr.Waghmare was not merely a junior colleague of mine but
a lifelong friend,too!

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