Goa, Aug. 11 -- In a startling revelation, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has brought to light the failure of the office head to carry out mandatory checks of cash book transactions resulted in fraudulent entries and misappropriation of Rs 11 lakh by the cashier in the River Navigation Department.

The CAG report stated that the department had various sources of revenue receipts viz, traffic receipts, workshop receipts, renting of jetties and ramps, Right to Information (RTI) fees, etc. The cashier was responsible for issuing printed receipts for all inflows of cash/demand draft/ financial instruments on government accounts and recording them in the subsidiary cash book. All transactions in the subsidiary cash book were ...