An employee of medical store is on the run after stealing Rs 1.24 lakh on March 29. A case of theft has been reported to the Shahjehanabad police station on Wednesday.
According to the police the victim Bhuvan Singh owns Nisha Medical Store situated at Silver line hospital at Shahjehanabad. On March 29 at around 10 pm before closing the shop when the victim was counting the cash collected from the daily sales he found that Rs 1.24 lakh in cash were missing from the cash counter. When he inquired about the cash the employees expressed ignorance but one of the employees Sandeep Soni was found missing. The victim tried to contact him but his mobile phone was found switched off.
The victim went to check Soni at his house but he was not available at his residence and his mother was also not aware of his whereabouts after which the victim approached the police and a complaint was lodged with the police on March 29 and after investigating the matter a case under section 381 of the IPC was registered against Sandeep Soni on Thursday.
The police have claimed that the accused had planned the theft because he had not contacted his family and friends after stealing the money. Soni lives at Itwara area of the city with his mother.