Surat: An employee of a private limited company in Bhavnagar disappeared with Rs 52.35 lakh cash. The accused, Shailesh Makwana, was asked to deposit the money to an angadia firm but he went missing.
Police booked Makwana for criminal breach of trust following the complaint of Ketan Shah, 49, one of the directors of Maun-Sat Ferro Alloys Private Limited at the Ganga Jaliya Police Station in Bhavnagar. Police informed that the company deals in scrap sourced from ship breaking at Alang.
Makwana, a trusted employee, used to do different jobs of managing office work and handling cash as well. On Monday, Makwana was given Rs 15 lakh cash from the office of the company in Vaghawadi area and instructed to collect Rs 37.35 lakh from Shree Ganesh Angadia firm in Mehta Sheri. He was told to deposit the total of Rs 52.35 lakh in another angadia, P Umesh.
After leaving office in the evening, Makwana collected the cash from Shree Ganesh Angadia but did not deposit that to another angadia firm. He disappeared, switching his phone off. Shah tried to contact him multiple times and also checked at his home but failed to locate him.
Sources informed that the accused did not ask for a loan or describe any financial trouble to the employer in recent past. He did not have a habit of gambling or any addiction.
Makwana’s family were called for questioning at the police station but they did not have any idea about Makwana’s location.
“Police have collected CCTV footage of the angadia firm from which it was confirmed that Makwana himself collected the cash. The phone of the accused is switched off but we are trying to track him,” said a police officer at the Ganga Jaliya Police Station.