Dhar: 5 arrested for embezzlement of Rs 49 lakh, online betting

Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): Dhar Kotwali police got a breakthrough in the case related to embezzlement of Rs 49.09 lakh. Police recovered Rs 48.18 lakh from five bookies, including the main accused and a cashier, Ashwin Goswami, informed additional superintendent of police Devendra Patidar.

ASP Patidar informed that the main accused Ashwin and his accomplice Rajdeep had embezzled the amount from a Mahindra showroom company account and used it for online betting. Four of the bookies belong to Dhar-Singhana.

After questioning them, Rs 48.18 lakh and five mobiles and some documents have been recovered.

Police informed that the accused also worked as an agent for selling vehicles, along with being a cashier in the showroom. The customers coming to the showroom used to pay either through cheques or cash, which was deposited daily with the accused Ashwin.

The embezzlement was exposed in the audit of the accounts of the company, after which the company general manager lodged his complaint on June 21. Later, the accused was arrested from the Indorama area of Pithampur.

Embezzlement of 49 lakhs in 39 days

According to ASP Patidar, the accused cashier Ashwin had kept the daily collection for a total of 39 days from May 1 to June 9 with him and did not deposit it in the bank. During interrogation, the accused said that Rajdeep already knew his father Jagdish, who had lured him to make four times the amount through IPL betting.

At the behest of Rajdeep, Ashwin started investing the money in IPL betting. In order to lure him, about Rs 9 lakh were returned to him in the initial stage. The bets were placed online on RCB .

Rs 48 lakh recovered

Police have arrested Ashwin, Rajdeep, Sawan, Pradeep and Paras involved in this case. A total of Rs 48.18 lakh have also been seized by the police during the investigation. Accused Ashwin used to give the embezzled money to Dhar's bookie Paras and Rajdeep, Sawan and Pradeep used to do IPL betting work. Police have also seized some documents including five mobiles of the accused.

Published on: Thursday, July 07, 2022, 10:43 PM IST