Kanpur post office issues stamps featuring gangsters Chhota Rajan, Munna Bajrangi; probe ordered
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Last Updated: Dec 29, 2020, 11:43 AM IST
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Under the My Stamp scheme, anyone paying Rs 300 can get stamps with their photos or that of their family members printed and released. Rajan is currently in a Mumbai prison, and Bajrangi was murdered in UP s Baghpat prison in 2018.
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Munna Bajrangi s picture printed on stamps.
KANPUR (UP): The Kanpur postal department has ordered an inquiry after stamps featuring underworld don Chhota Rajan and slain gangster Munna Bajrangi were issued by the main post office in the city, officials said on Tuesday.
Gangsters Chhota Rajan, Munna Bajrangi s postage stamps issued in Kanpur; probe ordered
The Kanpur postal department has ordered an inquiry after stamps featuring underworld don Chhota Rajan and slain gangster Munna Bajrangi were issued by the main post office in the city.
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We have come across pictures of wanted criminals and gangsters on newspapers and wanted lists but not on postage stamps, until now. The Kanpur postal department has ordered an inquiry after stamps featuring underworld don Chhota Rajan and slain gangster Munna Bajrangi were issued by the main post office in the city.
UP: Kanpur post office releases stamps featuring gangsters, one official suspended
A dozen stamps each of Chhota Rajan and Munna Bajrangi were printed at the Kanpur post office, at the request of an anonymous person. A file photo of gangster Chhota Rajan. | PTI
The postmaster general of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday suspended an official after the main postal office in the district released stamps featuring photographs of gangsters Chhota Rajan and Munna Bajrangi, reported PTI. Rajan is currently in lodged in a Mumbai prison, while Bajrangi was murdered in 2018.
The stamps were issued under the “My Stamp” scheme run by India Post. The scheme allows you to make custom postage stamps from your own photos, after filling a form and providing an identity card issued by a government authority. Each stamp sheet costs the applicant Rs 300, according to
Kanpur Post Office Issues Stamps of Gangsters Chhota Rajan, Munna Bajrangi; Probe Ordered
Under the My Stamp scheme, anyone paying Rs 300 can get stamps with their photos or that of their family members printed and released.
File image of Chhota Rajan. Photo: PTI
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Kanpur:Â The Kanpur postal department has ordered an inquiry after stamps featuring underworld ‘don’ Chhota Rajan and slain gangster Munna Bajrangi were issued by the main post office in the city, officials said on Tuesday.
Twelve stamps each of Rajan and Bajrangi were printed under the ‘My Stamp’ scheme, which was launched by the department a few years back, an official added. Calling it was a lapse by the person manning the ‘My Stamp’ desk, Postmaster General V.K. Varma said, “A probe has been launched.”
Probe ordered as Kanpur post office issues stamps featuring gangsters Chhota Rajan, Munna Bajrangi
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Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 12:30 [IST]
Kanpur, Dec 29: The Kanpur postal department has ordered an inquiry after stamps featuring underworld don Chhota Rajan and slain gangster Munna Bajrangi were issued by the main post office in the city, officials said on Tuesday.
Twelve stamps each of Rajan and Bajrangi were printed under the My Stamp scheme, which was launched by the department a few years back, an official added.
Calling it was a lapse by the person manning the My Stamp desk, Postmaster General VK Varma said, A probe has been launched. It has been found that the request for these stamps having face value of Rs 5 was made anonymously by a person who paid Rs 600 for them, he added.