India, July 4 -- The police on Sunday booked a man for allegedly illegally availing Rs.3 lakh pension of his deceased father for nine months. The incident dates back to 2019 when the accused did not inform the concerned authorities about his father's death and continued receiving the pension.

The pensioner, Kabhai Beldar, retired in 2007 as a senior superintendent in the General Post Office in Mumbai. Beldar died in February 2019, two years after his wife, Jayaben Beldar's death. Nimesh Beldar, his son, was required to inform the concerned authorities about the death which he did not, said a police officer. Instead, Nimesh allegedly kept withdrawing the pension for nine months till November 2019.

The incident came to light when Beldar's...