The manager of a hotel in MP Nagar was arrested by MP Nagar police for embezzling Rs 6 lakh from Motel Shiraz on Saturday.
According to the police, hotel manager of Motel Shiraz Pankaj Mourya was nabbed by MP Nagar after a complaint was received by the hotel management regarding fraud in which irregularities in depositing payment made by customers was found. The accused was assigned with collecting of bills from the customers and was working for the hotel for the last few years. After gaining confidence of hotel management accused started to deposit bills but all the bills collected the accused were not deposited.
When the hotel management came to know about the irregularities of evading deposition of bills Mourya was questioned and he assured that he would provide details of all the bills collected but never provided the details. The hotel management checked the accounts of past one year it was found that around Rs 6, 42,789 were not deposited in the hotel’s bank account and when the accused was questioned he confirmed that he had spent the money after which they demanded to refund the money but the accused failed to refund and a complaint regarding the embezzlement of funds was made with the MP Nagar police.
During the investigation police found that the accused has made irregularities in depositing the hotel’s money and registered a case under section 406 of the IPC and nabbed the accused. Mourya is a resident of Khajuraho and used to live at a rented apartment in the city.