India, Feb. 12 -- LUCKNOW Pension of a retired Baduan inter college lecturer was withdrawn for nearly 16 years after his death in 2008 by his son who kept drawing the amount every month from the bank account operational in the name of the deceased, said Bareilly chief treasury officer (CTO) Shailesh Kumar.

Over Rs.60.89 lakh was released as pension in the name of the lecturer, Sohan Lal Sharma, who died on September 19, 2008. This happened without crosschecking credentials of his son.

"We have issued a recovery notice of Rs.74,66,149 (calculated with interest generated during these years) to the beneficiary. The state treasury office and the Bareilly district magistrate have been informed about the matter and requested to provide guidan...