The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), a Central government-run institute in Mumbai’s Govandi, has approached the police alleging a Rs 14.48-lakh payroll fraud and accusing two of its employees of manipulating attendance and overtime records of contractual workers in the institute.

The Govandi Police on Friday booked 27-year-old Tejas Ganesh Gadekar, an upper division clerk (UDC), and Jisha Prasanna, a Steno Grade-2 employee, under provisions of the Information Technology Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for data manipulation, identify misuse, and computer-based cheating along with forgery.