With the arrest of two persons, the Delhi Police claimed to have solved a case related to misappropriation of funds to the tune of over Rs 4 crore on Wednesday
The accused has been identified as, Dharmesh a native of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and he was inspired by the serial ‘Crime Patrol’ while the second accused has been identified as Ajay, who is also the childhood friend of accused Dharmesh.
According to Jasmeet Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, Dharmesh was deputed by his company to deposit Rs 4,04,84,084 in various bank accounts of HDFC Bank.
“He was sent as a custodian in a cash van with driver Jaspal Singh and gunman Vinod Singh. His company provides services of door step banking to its customers. Dharmesh loaded the cashbox containing and reached at the bank by his own scooty. The van left after dropping the cash box and taking advantage Dharmesh fled away with entire cash,” said the DCP.
“During probe, CCTV cameras were analyzed wherein it was visible that Dharmesh along with his associate fled away with the cash. Following a tip off the duo were nabbed from their rented room at Mainpuri UP. Further articles purchased from stolen money and cash Rs. 3.55 crores were recovered from them,” said the DCP.
“In order to dodge the police, the duo travelled to Haridwar, Chandigarh, Varansi, Gorakhpur, Mujjafarpur, Patna and ultimately reached Mainpuri where they arranged a rented room with the help of their relatives,” said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.