Ludhiana, Oct. 27 -- A 65-year-old woman has accused a post office agent of cheating her of Rs.15 lakh by allegedly collecting monthly recurring deposit (RD) instalments for 14 years without depositing the money into an account in her name. Daresi police on Sunday registered an FIR against the accused, Roshan Lal Kalra, following an inquiry into the woman's complaint.

The complainant, Kulwant Kaur, a resident of New Shivpuri, told police that she had opened an RD account through Kalra, who worked near Clock Tower. She alleged that she paid him monthly instalments from 1998 to 2012, believing the money was being deposited into her account. The total amount she claimed to have handed over to him during this period was Rs.15 lakh.

In 2012,...