According to an official, 12 stamps each from Rajan and Bajrangi were printed under the ‘My Stamp’ scheme, which was released by the department a few years ago.
File photo of gangster Chhota Rajan. PTI
Kanpur: Kanpur’s postal department ordered an investigation after the city’s main post office issued stamps featuring the underworld Don Chhota Rajan and the murdered gangster Munna Bajrangi, authorities said Tuesday.
Twelve stamps each from Rajan and Bajrangi were printed under the ‘My Stamp’ scheme, which was released by the department a few years ago, an official added.
Post Director General VK Varma said: “A probe has been launched.”
The request for these stamps with a face value of Rs 5 was found to have been made anonymously by a person who paid Rs 600 for them, it added.
Without asking for identification documents, which is essential, the person manning the ‘My Stamp’ desk released 12 stamps each with the photos, Varma said.
Rajneesh Kumar, head of the philately department, who was found prima facie guilty, has been suspended, he said.
“We have also issued show of cause notices to some other employees in this regard,” said the postmaster general. “Efforts are focused on the person who got the photographs of the criminals printed under the ‘My stamp’ scheme,” he added.
It was decided to take strict measures in the future to ensure that such mistakes are not repeated, Varma said.
Under the ‘My Stamp’ scheme, anyone who pays Rs 300 can get stamps with their photos or those of their relatives printed and published.
Rajan is currently in a Mumbai prison, and Bajrangi was killed in UP’s Baghpat Prison in 2018.
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