Panipat’s private firm duped of ₹30 lakh, three employees booked

The accused have been identified as Munish Kumar of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Shashi Kumar of Nilokheri in Haryana’s Karnal and Pardeep Kumar of Sirsa

Three employees of a private finance company have been booked for committing a fraud of ₹30.55 lakh, Panipat police said on Sunday.

Three employees of a private finance company have been booked for committing a fraud of ₹30.55 lakh, Panipat police said on Sunday. (Image for representational purpose)

The accused have been identified as Munish Kumar of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Shashi Kumar of Nilokheri in Haryana’s Karnal and Pardeep Kumar of Sirsa.

As per the information, the action against them was initiated following the intervention of the Karnal inspector general of police after the finance company management filed a complaint at his office.

In his complaint, Mohit Kumar, manager of the Matlauda branch of the company, mentioned that his company was associated with a private bank and provided loans to new start-ups. He said the accused were associated with the disbursement and recovery of loans.

They made a recovery of ₹30.35 lakh from the village-level collection centres in Jind district, but did not deposit the said amount to the company and even left the job without any intimation, the complainant said.

According to him, Munish caused a loss of ₹25.72 lakh, while Shashi and Pardeep caused a loss of ₹2.5 lakh and ₹2.11 lakh, respectively.