Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested an accountant of a private firm for swindling Rs 2.12 crores from his firm’s bank account in Raipur city.
Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police (Urban) Tarkeshwar Patel identified him as Vikas Singh Parihar, who hails from Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.
He lived in New Rajendra Nagar in Raipur.
After the company owner lodged a cheating case, Parihar was arrested and he confessed that he had transferred the money to the bank accounts of his relatives.
The police recovered Rs 5.61 lakhs in cash, a car, a scooter and documents related to purchase of land worth crores of rupees from him.