27 August,2010 08:37 AM IST | | Abhishek Anand
Accused and three associates used the name of client company and forged cheques to bring off the scam
An employee and his three associates have allegedly duped a reputed company in Delhi of 50 lakh rupees. The incident was reported on August 14 at Punjabi Bagh police station in northwest Delhi. Prem Garg, Managing Director and owner of Shri Lal Mahal Group, complained to the police that after audit of his accounts he found Rs 50 lakh missing. He then discovered that three cheques had been removed from his chequebook.
"We received a complaint from Prem Garg about the incident and we found that the cheques were cashed through Oriental Bank of Commerce in Kingsway camp in the name of Lakshmi Traders. Lakshmi Traders are a regular customer of Shri Lal Mahal so nobody suspected a fraud," said a police officer. The cops then found the person who withdrew the amount. His name was Sumeet Gupta.
"During interrogation we found that Sumeet opened a rice export firm in Kingsway camp area. But as soon as he got the amount, he shut shop and fled," the officer added.
The police traced down various hideouts of Sumeet but he still couldn't be caught. Meanwhile Garg's employees found that one of his workers Deepak had resigned just before the fraud and thus came under the scanner. In the technical surveillance, police found that Deepak and Sumeet had had numerous telephonic conversations.
The link between the office and Sameer was clear but there was no clue to the whereabouts of the main accused. The police sent their teams to different areas of NCR for raids. Two more suspects are absconding in this case, but the cops didn't want to disclose their names and details before they could be nabbed.
"Deepak is an employee of Garg and he was in constant touch with the accused Sumeet. It was proved that somehow Deepak stole the cheques and then with the help of Summet and two other associates, he withdrew Rs 49.8 lakhs from Garg's account," the officer added.
