Ludhiana, April 10 -- A junior engineer (JE) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been booked for allegedly failing to account for departmental material worth Rs.2.07 crore drawn from stores for nearly three years, after an internal audit in the Alamgir-Lalton belt exposed major pending stock records.

The accused, Tanuj Bhardwaj, was posted as a JE in the Sarinh (Alamgir) subdivision under PSPCL and had earlier handled work in the Lalton area.

The FIR was registered at Dehlon police station under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC, based on a complaint filed by Kamaljeet Singh, assistant executive engineer (AEE), PSPCL subdivision, Sarinh.

According to the complaint, Bhardwaj alle...