<p>The money was deposited with Lalrodinga, 36, a postmaster at Vaphai branch Post Office in eastern Mizoram, by the rural development department for subsequent disbursement among the MGNREGS workers.<br /><br />"Lalrodinga Sunday took the money from the post office locker and went to his estranged wife in a nearby village and gave her Rs.4 lakh for looking after their children," a police official told reporters.<br /><br />"Then he tried to cross the India-Myanmar border with the remaining amount before the police arrested him at the Zokhawmawi village along the border," he added.<br /><br />Police recovered Rs.9.50 lakh from Lalrodinga and the Rs.4 lakh he gave to his ex-wife.<br />"The postmaster has confessed to police that he planned to go to Myanmar and exchange the money (Indian currency) with Myanmar's Kyats and hide it there," the official said.<br />The mountainous Mizoram has international border of 404 km with Myanmar and 318 km with Bangladesh.</p>
<p>The money was deposited with Lalrodinga, 36, a postmaster at Vaphai branch Post Office in eastern Mizoram, by the rural development department for subsequent disbursement among the MGNREGS workers.<br /><br />"Lalrodinga Sunday took the money from the post office locker and went to his estranged wife in a nearby village and gave her Rs.4 lakh for looking after their children," a police official told reporters.<br /><br />"Then he tried to cross the India-Myanmar border with the remaining amount before the police arrested him at the Zokhawmawi village along the border," he added.<br /><br />Police recovered Rs.9.50 lakh from Lalrodinga and the Rs.4 lakh he gave to his ex-wife.<br />"The postmaster has confessed to police that he planned to go to Myanmar and exchange the money (Indian currency) with Myanmar's Kyats and hide it there," the official said.<br />The mountainous Mizoram has international border of 404 km with Myanmar and 318 km with Bangladesh.</p>