Coimbatore: An office assistant of a district court was arrested on Tuesday for hiding three case diaries in the court premises.
Racecourse police have identified the arrested person as Ku Manoj Kumar31, from ujjayanur Near Chinna Thadgam. He joined the Coimbatore Joint Court seven years ago as an Office Assistant and was working with the Special Court for the Essential Commodities Act.
Police said Manojkumar started quitting work last year after separating from his wife. “He becomes an alcoholic and regularly skips work. He also took medical leave without informing his superiors.
therefore. Judicial authorities conducted an inquiry and suspended him on 18 May. The suspension order was given to him immediately.
On May 19, when the head clerk Dhanalakshmi Searched three CDs containing identical case diaries, they could not be found. He immediately informed Judge N Logeshwaran, who ordered a search of the CD. Court staff searched the CDs in the court premises and found them under a bureau in the court hall.
“When the officers of the court investigated CCTV In the footage, he found that Manojkumar had hidden him under the bureau after he was suspended. After being informed, the judge directed the head clerk to file a complaint with the police,” the officer said.
Based on Dhanalakshmi’s complaint, Inspector Sujatha, the Race Course Police Investigation Wing, booked Manojkumar under sections 204, 379 and 448 of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him. He was produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody till June 7. Later on Tuesday evening, he was kept in Coimbatore Central Jail.
Racecourse police have identified the arrested person as Ku Manoj Kumar31, from ujjayanur Near Chinna Thadgam. He joined the Coimbatore Joint Court seven years ago as an Office Assistant and was working with the Special Court for the Essential Commodities Act.
Police said Manojkumar started quitting work last year after separating from his wife. “He becomes an alcoholic and regularly skips work. He also took medical leave without informing his superiors.
therefore. Judicial authorities conducted an inquiry and suspended him on 18 May. The suspension order was given to him immediately.
On May 19, when the head clerk Dhanalakshmi Searched three CDs containing identical case diaries, they could not be found. He immediately informed Judge N Logeshwaran, who ordered a search of the CD. Court staff searched the CDs in the court premises and found them under a bureau in the court hall.
“When the officers of the court investigated CCTV In the footage, he found that Manojkumar had hidden him under the bureau after he was suspended. After being informed, the judge directed the head clerk to file a complaint with the police,” the officer said.
Based on Dhanalakshmi’s complaint, Inspector Sujatha, the Race Course Police Investigation Wing, booked Manojkumar under sections 204, 379 and 448 of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him. He was produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody till June 7. Later on Tuesday evening, he was kept in Coimbatore Central Jail.