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HP: Case registered over alleged embezzlement of Rs 5.25 lakh in user charges of Nahan Municipal Council

Nahan, Sep 8 (UNI) Nahan Police have registered a case regarding the alleged embezzlement of Rs 5,25,210 and irregularities in records related to user charges collected for door-to-door garbage collection by the Nahan Municipal Council.
Acting on a complaint from Sanjay Kumar, Senior Executive Officer of the Municipal Council, the Nahan Police station initiated an investigation.
According to the police information, the Municipal Council has issued receipt books to Nitin Kalyan, a resident of Valmiki Basti, who was employed as an outsourced sanitation worker through the CLC, to collect user charges for door-to-door garbage collection.
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