Angadia firm employee decamps with Rs 12 lakh

Vadodara: An employee of an angadia firm has been booked for cheating after he decamped with Rs 12 lakh on Saturday. The Karelibaug police have registered an offence against Prashant Mehta, a resident of Tarsali, and started an operation to track him.
Kanu Patel, who filed the complaint, told the police that Mehta was given Rs 12 lakh cash that was to be taken to the angadia firm’s other branch in Alkapuri. He left the office located in Sardar Bhavan’s lane at 3 pm but didn’t reach Alkapuri branch in time.
When Patel called Mehta the latter’s phone was switched off and he was also not available at his house. The cops have begun scanning CCTV footage to get clues about Mehta’s whereabouts.