Southern Railway parcel scam: Two year after parcel porter confesses the role of union office bearers

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Arrested parcel porter has given a confession indicting the role of SRMU office bearers, under whose direction he remove the parcels

CHENNAI: Two years after 11 parcels bound for Howrah went missing from Chennai Central station, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) made a crucial breakthrough.

On December 23, RPF arrested a porter named Veeramani, who confessed to moving the parcels out of the station.

Parcel porter Veeramani said he moved out the parcels at the behest of six clerks in the commercial branch of the Chennai Division. Two independent RPF sources confirmed this development on Saturday, 26th December.

The incident pertains to 11 parcels containing vests going missing from the Chennai Central station in November 2018.

Parcel theft case so for —

  1. November 14, 2018: 11 parcels of vests due for Howrah went missing from Chennai Central station. Suspected SRMU office bearers suspended. Inquiries were ordered.
  2. November, 23, 2018: Vigilance raids found hand held terminals were rendered ineffective.
  3. December 13, 2018: Suspected union office bearers get admitted in railway hospital, avoid inquiry.
  4. January 4, 2019: Suspected union office bearers given a clean chit without any inquiry, reinstated.

In this case office bearers of Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU), the sole recognised employees union in Southern Railway, were accused of aiding this and were under the scanner but were exonerated a few months later.

According to sources, Veeramani is a parcel porter who worked for the private agency supposed to load and unload parcels for the company sending the consignment.

“We were monitoring call records and arrested him. He has given a confession indicting the role of SRMU office bearers from the commercial wing, under whose direction he helped remove the parcels,” an RPF source said.

Veeramani has also told RPF that initially, they requested the commercial supervisors to remove the parcels but the parcels were forcibly taken out as they refused. It is illegal as it is railway property.

Sources also told that the six office bearers of the “Mafia Union” will soon be arrested but have currently gone absconding, and now it’s very clear that the some of office bearers of all the recognised Zonal Unions are involved in loot, corruption and various corrupt activities.

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Source: TOI/Chennai edition