NEW DELHI: Sandeep Kumar Singh (38) was arrested for taking away more than Rs 18 lakh in West Delhi’s Moti Nagar area, police said on Friday.
A complaint was received on October 6 at Moti Nagar police station from Ajay Satija, who runs an office at Moti Nagar. His employee Sandeep had been working with him for about 15 years and was entrusted with handling cash and deposits. He was given Rs 18.25 lakh on October 3 to deliver at his brother’s residence in Ashok Vihar.
The employee neither reached the destination nor returned, and later his mobile phone was found switched off, a senior police officer said.
On the basis of the complaint, a case under section 316(4) of the BNS was registered at Moti Nagar police station, and an investigation was taken up.
Police conducted extensive searches at the accused’s native place in Firozabad, UP and subsequently received local intelligence inputs from Harsh Vihar, Mandoli.
Acting on the tip-off, police apprehended Singh near Gagan Cinema, Harsh Vihar in northeast Delhi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Darade Sharad Bhaskar said.
During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had hidden the stolen money in a black bag at his residence. Later, police recovered Rs 17.65 lakh cash from his house.
Last month, a 54-year-old man was arrested for allegedly fabricating a robbery story to misappropriate Rs 10 lakh of his employer in northwest Delhi’s Keshav Puram area to fund his daughter's wedding.
The caller disclosed that due to financial constraints in arranging funds for his daughter’s forthcoming marriage, he had fabricated the incident and made a false robbery call.