The police on Thursday arrested a former general manager (GM) of a city-based security services company for allegedly cheating the firm of Rs 6 crore in collusion with two other senior officials of the company.

The complaint was submitted to the economic offences wing (EOW) on September 8, 2017, by the company’s director, who alleged that the GM of accounts finance, the assistant GM of accounts and finance, and a chartered accountant (CA) had committed the fraud. The police had registered a case under sections 408, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code at Sector 17/18 police station in July 2018.

The accused GM, Lakhan Singh, 51, was arrested on Wednesday from Sohna Chowk. The police said during investigation, it was revealed that Singh had joined the company as GM, accounts finance, in September 2014. Singh and assistant the GM were looking after the financial operations of the company related to transactions, withdrawals and deposits.

The police said the company director noticed certain financial irregularities and had asked the GM to submit financial records and details of expenses in 2016 but he kept dilly-dallying and gave excuses.

Subhash Boken, spokesperson, Gurugram police, said that the director asked the CA for an internal audit report at the time. “The accused trio submitted a falsified audit report, showing that the company had suffered a loss. Suspecting fraud, the director asked an external auditor to conduct the audit. The director said that the company was found to have earned a 30% average profit by the external auditor,” said Boken.

The police said in subsequent audit reports, it was learnt the accused had not paid the liabilities of the company and had cheated it of Rs 6 crore. Boken said Singh was produced in the district court on Thursday and sent to police custody for four days. “The other two accused are yet to be arrested,” he said. Action is yet to be taken against the others, the police said.

First Published: Apr 26, 2019 00:59 IST