Mumbai: Man held for duping former employer

According to the constabulary officials, the accused has been identified arsenic Prasanjit Bera, who hails from West Bengal and has worked with the complainant for implicit a decade.

An serviceman said, “Around 2022, Bera told his leader that helium wanted to commencement concern and besides floated a institution named J B Silver. The complainant offered to assistance and betwixt April 2022 and April 2024, helium took Rs 60 lakh and 50 g metallic pursuing which helium escaped with the money.”

Later, arsenic the accused stopped responding to his calls and messages, the 46-year-old jeweller lodged a ailment with the constabulary aft which Bera was traced and arrested connected June 3. “The accused was successful our custody. However, helium was subsequently remanded successful judicial custody and Bera was aboriginal granted bail,” an serviceman said.

The constabulary further added that the accused past switched disconnected his mobile telephone and escaped without informing anyone and due to the fact that helium failed to look earlier the police, a non-bailable warrant was issued against him.

“With the assistance of section informers, we managed to get his caller mobile fig aft which helium was traced astatine his autochthonal spot successful West Bengal and was arrested,” an serviceman said.