All is not well with the Meghalaya Transport Corporation. There are increasing allegations of misappropriation of funds. Sometime back an employee was put under suspension on charges of corruption. And now comes the news – a cashbook, which is a vital evidence of the alleged swindling of public funds, is missing from the office.
Sources said that the cashbook relates to the period during which the alleged defalcation took place. The amount involved would run into crores. Sources said that the nature of allegations now being examined include favoritism in matters of allotment of contract bus of body-building, purchase fuel and spare parts.