Official of a company engaged in the works related to cricket pitches cheated his company to the tune of Rs40 lakh. An FIR was registered in this regard with the Shahpura police station on Friday.
The headquarters of the company Cricket Outfields and Pitches is situated in Gwalior, while the offender officer is Abhishek Sharma, assistant manager of the company posted in Bhopal.
According to the police, Director of the company Nishu Agrawal lodged a complaint with the police regarding a fraud by her company’s Assistant Manager Abhisek Sharma. In the complaint the director claimed that Abhisek Sharma who worked as Assistant Manager for her company Cricket Outfields and Pitches was posted in Bhopal has opened fake account of the company and deposited cheques in the account for around 8 months from July 2013 to March 2014. During the period around Rs 39.35 lakh were deposited in the account. They came to know only after the audit was conducted in which it was found that the payment for the services provided to the clients have been done but the money was not received in the company’s account.
Based on the complaint in the investigation it was found that the main accused Abhisek opened the fake account and made his brother Jai Sharma proprietor of the company. After the cheques were deposited they used to transfer the money in his father PN Sharma’s account.
The company Cricket Outfields and Pitches deals in developing Cricket grounds, fields and pitches and in their maintenance
Investigating Officer SI CM Suryawnashi told that in the investigation the addresses provided by the victims were searched but the accused went missing and are still at large. The search is on and other details of the accused are being searched.
Abhisek’s father and brother have been made accused in the case as they were aware and have withdrawn the money from the account.