Kotwali police have booked a collection agent for duping a distributor to the tune of Rs 25 lakh; accused collected money in return of goods of Hindustan lever ltd Company and escaped with the money.
Police said that the victim lalit Agrawal of Idgah Hills is distributor of Hindustan lever ltd Company products in the city and the accused lokesh Sharma used to work as collection agent for the victim and escaped with Rs 25 lakh collected from the shopkeepers.
In the his complaint the victim stated that from June 20, 2016 to October 8, 2016 the accused has collected the money from the shopkeepers after delivering goods of the company and instead of depositing the money with the victim he kept the money which was around Rs 25 lakh and whenever the victim would ask for the money he would resort to excuses and later left the job. later when the victim found that the total collection made during the period was in lakhs of rupees he tried to search for the accused who used to live in a rented house in Semra but failed to find him as he left the house and went absconding. After which the victim lodged a complaint with the police on Thursday.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 408,409 and 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police said that the details provided by the victim would be investigated and search for the accused has been started.