The official said: 'We sought permission to lodge an FIR against Alok Goel after investigating the case. We have enough evidence to prosecute him.'

Goel is at present posted as additional secretary at the Institutional Finance department of the Jharkhand government.

He is accused of not submitting a voucher for the purchase of sofa sets and withdrawing the Travelling Allowance (TA) bill from the government treasury despite the fact that the travel was sponsored by an NGO.