Clerk held for illegal cotton waste sale worth Rs 40 lakh

A clerk, employed on temporary basis, in a government-run textile mill here has been arrested on charges of illegally selling cotton waste to the tune of Rs 40 lakh over a period of time, police said today.

Besides his routine duty, Nandakumar also supervised despatch of cotton waste to various places, they said.

A routine inspection brought to light that he had sold 88,000 kg of cotton waste worth Rs 40 lakh, following which the management lodged a complaint against the clerk, police said.

The accused was arrested late last night, they said.