Nagpur, 02 May (HS): A 26-year-old employee of a company has

been booked by Nagpur’s Sadar Police for misappropriating ₹27.8 lakh using

signed company cheques.

The complainant,

Antony Francis Edward Peter (43), originally from Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, and

currently residing at Fortune House Apartments in Nagpur, is the General

Manager of several firms including DMS Enterprises, S Prince Hi-Tech Pvt Ltd,

Priyanka Energetech Pvt Ltd, Priya Tech Company, and Prince Thermal India Pvt

Ltd.

Peter had

hired the accused, Anand Arun Uike, to handle the company’s banking

transactions. Uike allegedly misused cheques signed by company director

Augustin Joseph Stalin to withdraw ₹27,80,800 from the company’s bank account.

Following the detection of the fraud, the accused reportedly absconded.

Sadar Police

have registered an offence under Section 316(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar